The Textbook of Architecture

Glossary · E

Eye-catcher

Also called eye-catchers, eyecatcher

A building or object, such as a temple, sham ruin, obelisk or castellated wall, placed on a distant rise of a landscape garden to close a view and draw the eye.

See also: Folly

Where it appears in the book

A feature of English landscape garden architecture.

Nearby in the glossary

Esquisse · Eustyle · Exedra · Extrados · Fan vault · Fanlight · Fascia · Fauces