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Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer: A Landscape Critic in the Gilded Age
Judith K. Major
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB; AMV; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 558.
Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (1851–1934) was one of the premier figures in landscape writing and design at the turn of the twentieth century, a moment when the amateur pursuit of gardening and the increasingly professionalised landscape design field were beginning to diverge. This intellectual biography—the first in-depth study of the versatile critic and author—reveals Van Rensselaer’s vital role in this moment in the history of landscape architecture.
Van Rensselaer was one of the new breed of American art and architecture critics, closely examining the nature of her profession and bringing a disciplined scholarship to the craft. She considered herself ... Read more
Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (1851–1934) was one of the premier figures in landscape writing and design at the turn of the twentieth century, a moment when the amateur pursuit of gardening and the increasingly professionalised landscape design field were beginning to diverge. This intellectual biography—the first in-depth study of the versatile critic and author—reveals Van Rensselaer’s vital role in this moment in the history of landscape architecture.
Van Rensselaer was one of the new breed of American art and architecture critics, closely examining the nature of her profession and bringing a disciplined scholarship to the craft. She considered herself ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813933924
SKU
V9780813933924
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About Judith K. Major
Judith K. Major, Professor of Landscape Architecture at Kansas State University, USA is the author of To Live in the New World: A. J. Downing and American Landscape Gardening.
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