Invisible gardens : the search for modernism in the American landscape / Peter Walker and Melanie Simo.

Main entry:

Walker, Peter, 1932-

Title & Author:

Invisible gardens : the search for modernism in the American landscape / Peter Walker and Melanie Simo.

Publication:

Description:

xvi, 365 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-344) and index.
Introduction: The Legacy of Landscape Architecture: Art or Social Service? -- Ch. 1. The Garden as Social Vision -- Ch. 2. The Garden as Art -- Ch. 3. The Modern Transformation of Thomas Church -- Ch. 4. Beyond the American (or California) Dream -- Ch. 5. From Backyard to Center City -- Ch. 6. The Lone Classicist -- Ch. 7. The Modernization of the Schools -- Ch. 8. The Corporate Office, a New Organism for Practice: First Wave -- Ch. 9. The Environment: Science Overshadows Art -- Ch. 10. The Corporate Office, Second Wave.
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Dust jacket.

Summary:

This work is a composite history of the individuals and firms that defined the field of landscape architecture in America from 1925 to 1975, a period that spawned a significant body of work combining social ideas of enduring value with landscapes and gardens that forged a modern aesthetic.

ISBN:

0262231778
9780262231770

Subject:

Landscape architecture United States History 20th century.
Landscape architects United States Biography.
Modernism (Art) Influence.
Landscape architecture United States 20th century History.
Architecture du paysage États-Unis 20e siècle Histoire.
Architecture du paysage États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Architectes paysagistes États-Unis Biographies.
Modernisme (Art) Influence.
Landscape architects.
Landscape architecture.
Tuinarchitectuur.
Arquitetura (estados unidos)
Jardins (arquitetura paisagistica)
United States.
Landscape design
architectuur
architecture
ontwerp
design
tuinen
gardens
landschapsarchitectuur
landscape architecture
plantmateriaal
planting stock
vs
usa
landschapsbouw
landscaping
Landscape Architecture (General)
Landschapsarchitectuur (algemeen)

Form/genre:

Biography
Biographies.
History.

Added entries:

Simo, Melanie Louise, 1949-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 104247
Call No.: ID SB470.5.W34; ID:94-B1949
Status: Available

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