English landscape

Green and pleasant

A style of garden design that emerged in 18th-century England, emphasizing naturalistic scenery over formal geometric layouts.

English landscapes feature rolling lawns, scattered trees, serpentine lakes, and carefully composed views meant to evoke pastoral ideals: The estate's English landscape was designed by Capability Brown.

The style influenced park design worldwide.

More generally, any scenic view of the English countryside: Turner captured the English landscape in his paintings.

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landscape painting · castles · moors · ancient woodland · hedgerows · country lane · chalk cliffs · stone circles · villages · village green · medieval ruins · cottage gardens · thatched roof · meadows · woodlands · watercolor art · Romanticism · abbeys

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geographic/cultural origin

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terrain character

English landscapewilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

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human intervention

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Undisturbed ancient ecosystem

pristine nature · untouched land · untouched nature · pristine wilderness · urban sprawl

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land, scape, lands, scapes, landscaped, landscaping, landscaper, landscapers, landed

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G