No Space Hidden
No Space Hidden

Author: Grey Gundaker

Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9781572333567

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"Focusing primarily, though not exclusively, on the southeastern United States, the book examines works ranging from James Hampton's well-known Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly (now part of the Smithsonian collection), to several elaborately decorated yards and gardens, to smaller-scale acts of commemoration, protection, and witness. The authors show how the artful arrangement and adornment of everyday objects and plants express both the makers' own experiences and concerns and a number of rich and sustaining cultural traditions. They identify a "lexicon" of material signs that are frequently and consistently used in African American culture and art and then show how such elements have been used in various individual works and what they mean to the practitioners themselves."--BOOK JACKET.

America by the Yard
America by the Yard

Author: Robert B. MacKay

Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780393051605

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A collection of rare panoramic photographs taken by Cirkut cameras during the early twentieth century offers an evocative portrait of America at the turn of the last century, capturing a variety of scenic vistas, group photographs, and seminal events, ranging from the construction of the Panama Canal to an early race at the Indianapolis Speedway.

The New American Front Yard
The New American Front Yard

Author: Sarah Carolyn Sutton

Publisher: Karin Hoffman

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780983158714

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The Complete Guide for Creating a Beautiful, Eco-friendly, Water-Wise, Low Maintenance Front Yard With increased drought conditions and water restrictions, many homeowners are choosing to let their lawns die, but do not know what to do next. People are seeking green and "green" alternatives that are attractive, affordable and easy to maintain. This book is designed to provide the reader with a recipe for designing their own custom, beautiful and eco-friendly front yard. Like a recipe, there can be limitless variations in ingredients, flavors and presentation but the basic steps always apply. The author takes the reader from Getting Started, where she shows how to create a base plan, drawn to scale on grid paper, which will become the foundation for Defining Your Vision, Creating Your Design, Selecting Your Plants, Accessorizing Your Yard, and finally, Installing Your Design.

The American Lawn
The American Lawn

Author: Georges Teyssot

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 9781568981604

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The site of political demonstrations, sporting events, and barbecues, and the object of loving, if not obsessive, care and attention, the lawn is also symbolically tied to our notions of community and civic responsibility, serving in the process as one of the foundations of democracy.

American Sanctuary
American Sanctuary

Author: Louis P. Nelson

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 2006-03-14

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9780253111968

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This volume examines a diverse set of spaces and buildings seen through the lens of popular practice and belief to shed light on the complexities of sacred space in America. Contributors explore how dedication sermons document shifting understandings of the meetinghouse in early 19th-century Connecticut; the changes in evangelical church architecture during the same century and what that tells us about evangelical religious life; the impact of contemporary issues on Catholic church architecture; the impact of globalization on the construction of traditional sacred spaces; the urban practice of Jewish space; nature worship and Central Park in New York; the mezuzah and domestic sacred space; and, finally, the spiritual aspects of African American yard art.

Hearings
Hearings

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations

Publisher:

Published: 1924

Total Pages: 1846

ISBN-13:

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The Flamingo in the Garden
The Flamingo in the Garden

Author: Colleen J. Sheehy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-12

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 100052552X

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First published in 1996 Documents a wide range of American yard art and distills from it insights into attitudes and values about places, homes, neighborhoods, communities, mediating relationships between culture and nature, negotiate consumer culture, and reusing and individualizing mass- produced things.