Eyecatcher - Revision history

Designing Buildings at 07:49, 11 July 2021

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	* Strawberry Hill House.		* Strawberry Hill House.
	* Wimpole Gothic Tower conservation.		* Wimpole Gothic Tower conservation.
		+	* The English Folly: the edifice complex.

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	* Capability Brown.		* Capability Brown.
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	* Folly.		* Folly.
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	* Wimpole Gothic Tower conservation.		* Wimpole Gothic Tower conservation.

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	* Hard landscape.		* Hard landscape.
	* Landscape design.		* Landscape design.
		+	* Monopteros.
	* Strawberry Hill House.		* Strawberry Hill House.
	* Wimpole Gothic Tower conservation.		* Wimpole Gothic Tower conservation.

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	* Capability Brown.		* Capability Brown.
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	* Garden.		* Garden.
	* Gazebo.		* Gazebo.

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	* Garden.		* Garden.
	* Gazebo.		* Gazebo.
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	* Landscape design.		* Landscape design.
	* Strawberry Hill House.		* Strawberry Hill House.

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	* Garden.		* Garden.
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	* Landscape design.		* Landscape design.
	* Strawberry Hill House.		* Strawberry Hill House.

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−	An eyecatcher (also referred to as eye catcher or eye-catcher) is a decorative structure usually built at a focal point in an English landscape park or on the grounds of a stately home~~. It generally serves no practical purpose other than~~ to attract visual attention or otherwise punctuate the vista with a sense of drama.	+	An eyecatcher (also referred to as eye catcher or eye-catcher) is a decorative structure usually built at a focal point in an English landscape park or on the grounds of a stately home to attract visual attention or otherwise punctuate the vista with a sense of drama.

−	Eyecatchers are sometimes natural items (such as large stones or tree arrangements) but they can also be buildings constructed in a particular style. These structures often have no specific purpose ~~other than~~ to ~~add aesthetic value to a setting~~.	+	Eyecatchers are sometimes natural items (such as large stones or tree arrangements) but they can also be buildings constructed in a particular style. These structures often have no specific purpose and in terms of design, they tend to mimic styles that are out of context - both geographically and historically.

	Examples include:		Examples include:

Editor at 10:51, 17 September 2020

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−	\| Croome D'Abitot church was built as an eyecatcher by 'Capability' Brown when he landscaped the park for ~~George Coventry,~~ the 6th Earl of Coventry in the 1750s.	+	\| Croome D'Abitot church was built as an eyecatcher by 'Capability' Brown when he landscaped the park for the 6th Earl of Coventry in the 1750s.
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−	An eyecatcher (also referred to as eye catcher or eye-catcher) is a decorative structure usually built at a focal point in an English landscape park or on the grounds of a stately home to attract visual attention or otherwise ~~inject~~ the ~~layout~~ with a sense of drama.	+	An eyecatcher (also referred to as eye catcher or eye-catcher) is a decorative structure usually built at a focal point in an English landscape park or on the grounds of a stately home. It generally serves no practical purpose other than to attract visual attention or otherwise punctuate the vista with a sense of drama.

	Eyecatchers are sometimes natural items (such as large stones or tree arrangements) but they can also be buildings constructed in a particular style. These structures often have no specific purpose other than to add aesthetic value to a setting.		Eyecatchers are sometimes natural items (such as large stones or tree arrangements) but they can also be buildings constructed in a particular style. These structures often have no specific purpose other than to add aesthetic value to a setting.

Designing Buildings at 06:16, 17 September 2020

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−	~~\|width="100%"~~\| [[File:EyecatcherBrown.jpg\|link=File:EyecatcherBrown.jpg]]	+	\| [[File:EyecatcherBrown.jpg\|link=File:EyecatcherBrown.jpg]]
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	\| Croome D'Abitot church was built as an eyecatcher by 'Capability' Brown when he landscaped the park for George Coventry, the 6th Earl of Coventry in the 1750s.		\| Croome D'Abitot church was built as an eyecatcher by 'Capability' Brown when he landscaped the park for George Coventry, the 6th Earl of Coventry in the 1750s.
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−	~~= Introduction =~~

	An eyecatcher (also referred to as eye catcher or eye-catcher) is a decorative structure usually built at a focal point in an English landscape park or on the grounds of a stately home to attract visual attention or otherwise inject the layout with a sense of drama.		An eyecatcher (also referred to as eye catcher or eye-catcher) is a decorative structure usually built at a focal point in an English landscape park or on the grounds of a stately home to attract visual attention or otherwise inject the layout with a sense of drama.

−	~~= Visual drama =~~	+	Eyecatchers are sometimes natural items (such as large stones or tree arrangements) but they can also be buildings constructed in a particular style. These structures often have no specific purpose other than to add aesthetic value to a setting.
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−	Eyecatchers are sometimes natural items (such as large stones or tree arrangements) but they can also be buildings constructed in a ~~specific~~ style. These structures often have no specific purpose other than to add aesthetic value to a setting. ~~Examples include:~~	+
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−	* Sham ruins	+
−	* Follies	+
−	* Ornamental bridges	+
−	* Faux temples	+
−	* Conservatories	+
−	* Grottoes	+
−	* Obelisks	+

−	~~= Capability Brown =~~	+	Examples include:

−	~~Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown was an English landscape architect of the 1700s who designed more than 170 parks and came to be celebrated as ‘England’s greatest gardener’~~.	+	* Sham ruins.
		+	* Follies.
		+	* Ornamental bridges.
		+	* Faux temples.
		+	* Conservatories.
		+	* Grottoes.
		+	* Obelisks.

−	Brown’s style is characterised by the smooth grass of ~~the~~ garden leading straight up to ~~the~~ house, trees scattered in groups, and serpentine lakes formed by small rivers. His ~~landscape~~ designs often included eyecatchers, which were meant to draw the viewer’s eye across the horizon.	+	Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown was an English landscape architect of the 1700s who designed more than 170 parks and came to be celebrated as ‘England’s greatest gardener’. Brown’s style is characterised by the smooth grass of a garden leading straight up to a house, trees scattered in groups, and serpentine lakes formed by small rivers. His designs often included eyecatchers, which were meant to draw the viewer’s eye across the horizon.

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−	\| Croome D'Abitot church was built as an eyecatcher by 'Capability' Brown when he landscaped the park for the 6th Earl of Coventry.	+	\| Croome D'Abitot church was built as an eyecatcher by 'Capability' Brown when he landscaped the park for George Coventry, the 6th Earl of Coventry in the 1750s.
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