Main entry:

Seavitt Nordenson, Catherine, author.

Title & Author:

Depositions : Roberto Burle Marx and public landscapes under dictatorship / Catherine Seavitt Nordenson.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2018.
©2018

Description:

326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-310) and index.
Preface : Roberto Burle Marx and the ecological modern -- Constructing culture in Brazil : politics and the public landscape -- Forest narratives ; Brazilian landscapes, April 27, 1967 ; Suggestions for the preservation of national parks, August 1967 ; Forest politics and the destruction of forests, March 25, 1969 ; Forest conservation, February 12, 1971 -- Landscapes of the Baroque interior ; Parks, gardens, and public plazas, May 23, 1968 ; Cultural contribution, November 28, 1968 ; Defense of nature reserves, June 27, 1969 ; Defense of the landscape, August 25, 1969 -- Large parks, statues, and disfigurement ; Statues in gardens, August 29, 1968 ; Sacrificed landscape, January 28, 1969 ; Preservation of landscape conditions, September 17, 1970 ; Landscape complex, July 7, 1973 ; Green spaces, July 11, 1973 -- The scientific park ; Current conditions at the botanical garden, February 7, 1968 ; The botanical garden of Rio de Janeiro, September 27, 1968 ; The botanical garden and woodland nursery, August 26, 1969 ; The botanical garden of Belo Horizonte, May 6, 1970 -- Military gardens ; Garden and ecology : revista brasileira de cultura, July-September 1969 -- Epilogue : the counselor.
Dust jacket.

ISBN:

9781477315736 hardcover alkaline paper
147731573X hardcover alkaline paper

Subject:

Burle Marx, Roberto, 1909-1994.
Landscape architects Brazil Biography.
Landscape architecture Conservation and restoration Brazil.
Architecture, Modern Social aspects 20th century.
Landscape protection Government policy Brazil.
Dictatorship Social aspects Brazil History.
Political culture Brazil.
Architectes paysagistes Brésil Biographies.
Architecture du paysage Conservation et restauration Brésil.
Paysages Protection Politique gouvernementale Brésil.
Dictature Aspect social Brésil Histoire.
Architecture, Modern Social aspects.
Landscape architects.
Landscape architecture Conservation and restoration.
Landscape protection Government policy.
Political culture.
Brazil.

Form/genre:

collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 300727
Call No.: BIB 246946
Status: Available