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Frederic Law Olmsted : designing the American landscape
- Title
- Frederic Law Olmsted : designing the American landscape / Charles E. Beveridge and Paul Rocheleau ; edited and designed by David Larkin.
- Author
- Beveridge, Charles E.
- Publication
- New York : Rizzoli International Publications, 2021.
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- Description
- 280 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, plans; 28 cm
- Summary
- "A landscape architect, city planner, and creative genius who transformed the American landscape, Frederick Law Olmsted was a man of passionate vision and drive. He defined the profession of landscape architecture and designed America's most outstanding landscapes, many gorgeously illustrated here, including New York's Central Park, Brooklyn's Prospect Park, the U. S. Capitol grounds, and the Biltmore Estate. During a remarkable forty-year career that began in the mid-1800s, Olmsted created the first major urban parks and park systems in this country, along with widely influential suburban residential communities. He was a pivotal figure in the movement to create scenic reservations and national parks, such as Niagara Falls, Yosemite, and Yellowstone, and he contributed to the design of many academic campuses, including Stanford University. A comprehensive view of the man and his work, this updated edition of the Rizzoli classic marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of this seminal American landscape designer and includes new photography of Olmsted's masterworks Central and Prospect Parks, as well as a new introduction and new final chapter by the author that examines Olmsted's ongoing influence."--Amazon.com.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- First published: 1995.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-279).
- Contents
- Preface -- As the twig is bent -- The art of landscape design -- Parks and park systems. Central Park, New York ; Prospect Park, Brooklyn ; South Park, Chicago ; Mount Royal, Montreal & Belle Isle, Detroit ; Buffalo park system ; Boston park system ; Rochester park system ; Louisville park system -- Residential communities. Riverside, Illinois ; Sudbrook, Maryland ; Druid Hills, Atlanta -- Academic campuses and residential institutions. Lawrenceville School, New Jersey ; Stanford University ; Hartford Retreat New York State Asylum, Buffalo ; McLean Asylum, Belmont, Massachusetts -- Designing for domesticity. Fairsted, Brookline, Massachusetts ; Moraine Farm, Beverly, Massachusetts -- The collaboration with H. H. Richardson. Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, North Easton, Massachusetts ; Langwater Estate, North Easton, Massachusetts ; Ephraim Gurney House, Beverly, Massachusetts ; Robert Treat Paine House, Stonehurst, Waltham, Massachusetts -- The United States Capitol grounds -- Scenic preservation. Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove ; Niagara Falls -- Landscape architecture for the semiarid west. Public pleasure grounds for San Francisco ; Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland ; The College of California, Berkeley ; Stanford University, Palo Alto ; Lake Wauconda, Perry Park, Colorado -- Biltmore Estate -- The ongoing legacy. Public park systems : Seattle, Washington ; Branch Brook Park, Essex County, New Jersey ; Los Angeles region ; San Francisco East Bay cities ; Scenic reservations : Point Lobos, California.
- ISBN
- 9780847869886
- 0847869881
- LCCN
- 99990634995
- OCLC
- on1276795162
- 1276795162
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries