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Carlos Thays : un jardinero francés de Buenos Aires / curadora de la exposición: Sonia Berjman.
- Title
- Carlos Thays : un jardinero francés de Buenos Aires / curadora de la exposición: Sonia Berjman.
- Author
- Thays, Carlos, 1849-1934.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | SB472.3.T43 A4 2009g | Off-site |
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- 221 p. : ill. (some col.); 27 cm.
- Summary
- Retrospective dedicated to Argentina's most famous landscape architect: Charles Thays (b. France 1849, arrived in Argentina in 1889 - d. 1934), considered by many the key figure of the modern urbanization in Buenos Aires and the incorporation of vegetation in the urban spaces "turning out -without trying- into a pioneer of urban biodiversity and guarantying the sustainability of the tree patrimony"-p. [17]. The exhibition curated by Sonia Berjman includes period photographs, scale models, plans, urban, personal objects and other documents that recall his life and work, a system of boulevards, streets with trees and the beautification of the public spaces of Buenos Aires during the 1910 centennial celebrations. Thays was also a key participant of the protection of the natural patrimony, the production of "yerba mate" and of scientific botany in Argentina. With didactic - aesthetic sense, the exhibitions highlighted the need to value and take care of the green spaces in the city and in the natural environment, and included a video installation by Julian D'Angiolillo.
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- ISBN
- 9789872068837
- 9872068836
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries