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A Genius for Place: American Landscapes of the Country Place Era
Robin Karson
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Description for A Genius for Place: American Landscapes of the Country Place Era
Hardcover. Traces a progression in the period from the naturalistic wild gardens of Warren Manning to the mysterious "Prairie style" landscapes of Jens Jensen to the proto-modernist gardens of Fletcher Steele. With black-and-white images of the landscape, this work creates a comprehensive picture of the artistic achievements of the period. Num Pages: 424 pages, 483 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 299 x 254 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2722.
This is the definitive work on a formative period in American landscape design. In this lavishly illustrated volume, Robin Karson traces the development of a distinctly American style of landscape design through an analysis of seven country places created by some of the nation's most talented landscape practitioners. In the mid-nineteenth century Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of New York's Central Park, developed an approach to landscape design based on the principles of the English Picturesque which also emphasized a specifically American experience of nature and scenery. After Olmsted's retirement in 1897, these precepts continued to ground a new generation ... Read more
This is the definitive work on a formative period in American landscape design. In this lavishly illustrated volume, Robin Karson traces the development of a distinctly American style of landscape design through an analysis of seven country places created by some of the nation's most talented landscape practitioners. In the mid-nineteenth century Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of New York's Central Park, developed an approach to landscape design based on the principles of the English Picturesque which also emphasized a specifically American experience of nature and scenery. After Olmsted's retirement in 1897, these precepts continued to ground a new generation ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558496361
SKU
V9781558496361
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About Robin Karson
ROBIN KARSON is author of Fletcher Steele, Landscape Architect and The Muses of Gwinn, and coeditor of Pioneers of American Landscape Design. She serves as executive director of the Library of American Landscape History.
Reviews for A Genius for Place: American Landscapes of the Country Place Era
What a feast Karson has spread before us!... The amalgam of people and places and their connections to each other make the book vastly interesting and lead us into novel insights on American society, cultural, intellectual, and even economic history. - Charles C. McLaughlin, founding editor, The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted ""This is an outstanding book... the best work ... Read more