American Landscapes
Author: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 88
ISBN-13:
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Taking Measures Across the American Landscape
Author: James Corner
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1996-01-01
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 0300086962
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhotographs and essays express "the way the American landscape has been forged by various cultures in the past and what the possibilities are for its future design."--Jacket.
American Home Landscapes
Author: Denise Wiles Adams
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2013-05-07
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1604690402
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile there’s no shortage of information on restoring and maintaining the historical integrity of period homes, until now there has been no authoritative reference that provides comparable information for landscapes. American Home Landscapes is a comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to recreating nearly 400 years of historical landscape design and adapting them to modern needs. You will first learn how to research design elements for a particular property. Each of the following chapters focuses on the design characteristics of six well-defined historical periods, beginning with the Colonial period and ending with the last decades of the twentieth century. Each section features the most prominent landscape features of each era, such as paths, driveways, fences, hedges, seating, and accessories. Extensive bibliographic resources and historically accurate plant lists round out the text. Whether the goal is to create a meticulously accurate period landscape or simply to evoke the look of a bygone era, you’ll find the tools you need in American Home Landscapes.
Landscapes of Exclusion
Author: William E O'Brien
Publisher:
Published: 2022-03
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781952620355
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring the 1930s, the state park movement and the National Park Service expanded public access to scenic American places, especially during the era of the New Deal. However, under severe Jim Crow restrictions in the South, African Americans were routinely and officially denied entrance to these supposedly shared sites. Landscapes of Exclusion presents the first-ever study of segregation in southern state parks, underscoring the profound disparity that persisted for decades in the Jim Crow South.
Designing America's Waste Landscapes
Author: Mira Engler
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2004-05-31
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780801878039
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Native Trees for North American Landscapes
Author: Guy Sternberg
Publisher: Portland : Timber Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780881926071
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents profiles of 650 species and varieties and over five hundred cultivars, with text and photographs of flowers and fruit, native and adaptive range, culture, problems, and best seasonal features.
Home Ground
Author: Barry Lopez
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 2011-04-14
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 1595340882
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished to great acclaim in 2006, the hardcover edition of Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape met with outstanding reviews and strong sales, going into three printings. A language-lover's dream, Home Ground revitalized a descriptive language for the American landscape by combining geography, literature, and folklore in one volume. Now in paperback, this visionary reference is available to an entire new segment of readers. Home Ground brings together 45 poets and writers to create more than 850 original definitions for words that describe our lands and waters. The writers draw from careful research and their own distinctive stylistic, personal, and regional diversity to portray in bright, precise prose the striking complexity of the landscapes we inhabit. Home Ground includes 100 black-and-white line drawings by Molly O’Halloran and an introductory essay by Barry Lopez.
Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America
Author: Arnold R. Alanen
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2000-04-03
Total Pages: 272
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHistoric preservation efforts began with an emphasis on buildings, especially those associated with significant individuals, places or events. Subsequent efforts were expanded to include vernacular architecture, but only in recent decades have preservationists begun shifting focus to the land itself. Cultural landscapes - such as farms, gardens, and urban parks - are now seen as projects worthy of the preservationist's attention.
Pioneers of American Landscape Design
Author: Charles A. Birnbaum
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 204
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Genius for Place
Author: Robin Karson
Publisher:
Published: 2013-08
Total Pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9781952620218
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this lavishly illustrated volume, Robin Karson explores the development of a distinctly American style of landscape design. Analyzing seven country places created by some of the most imaginative landscape practitioners of the era in the context of professional and cultural currents, Karson draws a richly comprehensive picture of the artistic achievements of the period. Striking contemporary black-and-white photographs by Carol Betsch and hundreds of drawings, plans, and period photographs further illuminate their histories.
