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Parks & Gardens in Greater Paris
J W Stewart
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Description for Parks & Gardens in Greater Paris
Hardcover. For over 350 years Parisians have designed and preserved phenomenal public outdoor spaces. This book follows the fine-spun threads of the parklands tapestry in greater Paris. Num Pages: 192 pages, 200 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 306 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1302.
For over 350 years Parisians have designed and preserved phenomenal public outdoor spaces. In this book Jacqueline Widmar Stewart follows the fine-spun threads of the parklands tapestry in greater Paris. Identification of various hallmarks of premiere park-building eras imbues individual parks with multi-dimensional qualities and allows readers to experience these grand green places in the way Parisians do. Multiple layers of elements and themes are woven into the fabric of French parks. Reaching back as far as its Roman heritage, vestiges of the history of Paris are apparent in virtually all its parks, regardless of size. Even the balanced distribution ... Read more
For over 350 years Parisians have designed and preserved phenomenal public outdoor spaces. In this book Jacqueline Widmar Stewart follows the fine-spun threads of the parklands tapestry in greater Paris. Identification of various hallmarks of premiere park-building eras imbues individual parks with multi-dimensional qualities and allows readers to experience these grand green places in the way Parisians do. Multiple layers of elements and themes are woven into the fabric of French parks. Reaching back as far as its Roman heritage, vestiges of the history of Paris are apparent in virtually all its parks, regardless of size. Even the balanced distribution ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Fellbach, Germany
ISBN
9783936681512
SKU
V9783936681512
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About J W Stewart
Since high-school days in Indiana, French language and literature have held a fascination for Jacqueline Widmar Stewart, who studied at the University of Colorado as an undergraduate and gained her Master of Arts degree in French at the University of Michigan -- and finally studied law at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Her first book, The Glaciers' Treasure Trove: ... Read more
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