Roberto Burle Marx lectures : landscape as art and urbanism / edited by Gareth Doherty ; photographs by Leonardo Finotti ; translations: Melissa Harkin, Moisés Lino e Silva.

Main entry:

Burle Marx, Roberto, 1909-1994.

Title & Author:

Roberto Burle Marx lectures : landscape as art and urbanism / edited by Gareth Doherty ; photographs by Leonardo Finotti ; translations: Melissa Harkin, Moisés Lino e Silva.

Publication:

Description:

239 pages, 46 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Concepts in Landscape Composition -- The Garden as a Form of Art -- The Garden as a Way of Life -- Gardens and Ecology -- Gardens and Landscape -- The Plant -- The Function of the Garden -- Finding a Garden Style to Meet Contemporary Needs -- The Problem of Garden Lighting -- Landscapes of Brazil -- Landscape Projects for Large Areas -- The Landscape Architect in the World, Today.

Summary:

"Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994) remains one of the most important landscape architects in the history of the field. His distinctive and widely acclaimed work has been featured and referenced in numerous sources, yet few of Burle Marx's own words have been published. This collection of a dozen of Burle Marx's lectures, most of which have never before been available in English, fills that void. Delivered on international speaking tours, they address topics such as Concepts in Landscape Composition, Gardens and Ecology and The Problem of Garden Lighting. Their publication sheds light on Burle Marx's distinctive ethic and aesthetic of landscape, as 'the real art in living.' The lectures paint a picture of Burle Marx not just as a gardener, artist and botanist, but as a landscape architect whose ambition was to bring radical change to cities and society."--Back cover.

ISBN:

9783037783795 (pbk.)
3037783796
9783037786253
3037786256

Subject:

Burle Marx, Roberto, 1909-1994.
Landscape architecture Brazil.
Gardens Brazil Design.
Architecture du paysage Brésil.
Gardens Design.
City planning.
Landscape architecture.
Landscape architects.
Brazil.

Form/genre:

Essays.

Added entries:

Doherty, Gareth.
Finotti, Leonardo.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 300070
Call No.: BIB 246235
Status: Available

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