Title & Author:

L'idée du visuel : propos sur la découverte progressive : recordings, 1997.

Description:

1 audiocassette (DAT) (approximately 70 min.) : digital ; 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in., 1/8 in. tape. master

Notes:
Title from CCA calendrier des activités, oct. 1996-mar. 1997.
Hi-8 videocassette has not been viewed.
Content of original Hi-8 cassette reformatted onto 1 DVD-R in 2011.
Recorded and produced by the Centre canadien d'architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture.
Speakers: Ron Williams, Raphael Fischler, Dinu Bumbaru and Peter Jacobs.
Introductory remarks in both English and French; Ron Williams' and Dinu Bumbaru's presentations and closing remarks in French; Raphael Fischler's presentation in English.

Summary:

Recordings of lectures given by Ron Williams, Raphael Fischler, and Dinu Bumbaru on Olmsted the artist, his visionary work in public space, his vocabulary of forms, and the eclectic juxtaposition of elements in his parks. Presented on Jan. 16, 1997 at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, as the first of three lectures in a series entitled "Olmsted : trois idées d'architecture de paysage", held in conjunction with the exhibition "Frederick Law Olmsted en perspective : photographies de Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander et Geoffrey James = Viewing Olmsted : photographs by Robert Burley, Lee Friedlander, and Geoffrey James", on view at the CCA, Oct. 16, 1996-Feb. 2, 1997. Includes introductory and closing remarks by Peter Jacobs.

Subject:

Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903.
Landscape architecture History 19th century.
Parks History 19th century.
City planning History 19th century.
Architecture du paysage Histoire 19e siècle.
City planning
Landscape architecture
Parks
Parc du Mont-Royal (Montréal, Québec) History.
Québec Montréal Parc du Mont-Royal
American Landscape architects.
Public spaces 1800-1900.

Form/genre:

Reformatted audiovisual materials.
Audiocassettes.
Digital audio tapes.
Hi-8.
Lectures.
Sound recordings.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Optical disks.
DVDs.
History

Added entries:

Bumbaru, Dinu.
Fischler, Raphael.
Jacobs, Peter, 1939-
Williams, Ron, 1942-
Centre canadien d'architecture.
Centre canadien d'architecture. Enregistrements des événements.
Olmsted : trois iďes d'architecture de paysage (1997 : Centre canadien d'architecture)

Holdings:

Location: Library main av cca productions 269589
Call No.: Box 4 (BIB 201852)
Notes: DVD-R consultation copy
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 273921
Call No.: Box 4 (BIB 201852)
Notes: DAT
Status: Available

Location: Library main av cca productions 272124
Call No.: Box 4 (BIB 201852)
Notes: Hi-8
Status: Available