Theorie der Gartenkunst
Christian Cay Lorenz Hirschfeld's Theorie der Gartenkunst, published in 1779 in German, is a treatise on garden art written for garden designers and patrons of the late eighteenth century. The four engraved plates shown are symmetrical front elevations of classical palaces and country houses, with pedimented centres, columned porticos, and rows of tall windows. For a designer, they offer a clear model of Neoclassical facade proportions, with the pediment, colonnade and rusticated ground floor arranged as orderly architectural tiers.
