Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks
Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks

Author: Diane K. McGuire

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 9780884021025

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The Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks was prepared as a resource for those charged with maintenance of the gardens following their acquisition by Harvard University in 1941. Beatrix Farrand here explains the reasoning behind her plan for each of the gardens and stipulates how each should be cared for in order that its basic character remain intact. Her resourceful suggestions for alternative plantings, her rigorous strictures concerning pruning and replacement, her exposition of the overall concept that underlies each detail, and the plant lists that accompany her discussion of each garden make this a volume of interest to every student, practitioner, and lover of landscape design.

Dumbarton Oaks
Dumbarton Oaks

Author: Robert C. Hilderbrand

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2001-02-01

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 9780807849507

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Hilderbrand explains why, with the Second World War moving toward an Allied victory in the summer of 1944, the United States, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and China began to give greater priority to protecting their own sovereignty than to preventing

The History
The History

Author: Michael Attaleiates

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2012-11-19

Total Pages: 657

ISBN-13: 0674057996

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In 1039 Byzantium was the most powerful empire in Europe and the Near East. By 1079 it was a politically unstable state half the size, menaced by enemies on all sides. The History of Michael Attaleiates is our main source for this astonishing reversal. This translation, based on the most recent critical edition, includes notes, maps, and glossary.

A Dumbarton Childhood
A Dumbarton Childhood

Author: Joseph Mcloughlin

Publisher:

Published: 2016-01-06

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781523279968

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A personal memoir by a genuine "Son of the Rock"Born on 24th December 1951 in Overtoun Nursing Home in Dumbarton, Scotland the author was educated at West Bridgend Primary School and St Patricks Secondary Schools.Lived in Clyde Street, Castlehill and Brucehil.This book chronicles the life of a Dumbartonian and follows his transition from childhood in the 1950's, through his teens in the swinging 60's and finally to the early 70's and adulthood.Overflowing with nostalgic memories of the town and its people, this engrossing book is a poignant, sad and often hilarious collection of true stories and experiences.Written in an autobiographical style, it illustrates the humour, warmth and character of people of this close-knit community in a small, historic town on Clydeside in Scotland.

Byzantium, a World Civilization
Byzantium, a World Civilization

Author: Angeliki E. Laiou

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780884022152

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These seven chapters, originally given as lectures honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Dumbarton Oaks, cover a wide range of topics, from the relationship of Byzantium with its Islamic, Slavic, and Western European neighbors to the modern reception of Byzantine art.

Perspectives on Garden Histories
Perspectives on Garden Histories

Author: Michel Conan

Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780884022657

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Comprising ten papers which critically examine the field of garden history, presented at the twenty-first Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture. Topics include changes in approaches to garden history and architectural studies over time and new historical investigations and discoveries in Italian and Mughal gardens. Good

The Glasgow Effect
The Glasgow Effect

Author: Ellie Harrison

Publisher: Luath Press Ltd

Published: 2019-11-01

Total Pages: 437

ISBN-13: 1912387646

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How would your career, social life, family ties, carbon footprint and mental health be affected if you could not leave the city where you live? Artist Ellie Harrison sparked a fast-and-furious debate about class, capitalism, art, education and much more, when news of her year-long project The Glasgow Effect went viral at the start of 2016. Named after the term used to describe Glasgow's mysteriously poor public health and funded to the tune of £15,000 by Creative Scotland, this controversial 'durational performance' centred on a simple proposition – that the artist would refuse to travel beyond Glasgow's city limits, or use any vehicles except her bike, for a whole calendar year.