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Design on the Land : The Development of Landscape Architecture by Norman T. Newton (1971, Hardcover)

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With the role of the landscape architect increasing as it is in importance, this first comprehensive survey of the art and practice of landscape architecture fills a great need.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarvard University Press

ISBN-100674198700

ISBN-139780674198708

eBay Product ID (ePID)600550

Product Key Features

Number of Pages744 Pages

Publication NameDesign on the Land : the Development of Landscape Architecture

LanguageEnglish

SubjectLandscape, History / General

Publication Year1971

TypeTextbook

AuthorNorman T. Newton

Subject AreaArchitecture

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight20 Oz

Item Length1 in

Item Width0.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN70-134955

Dewey Edition18

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal712

Table Of ContentForeword I. Ancient Times II. The Middle Ages III. The World of Islam: Cordoba, Seville IV. The World of Islam: Granada, Iran, Mogul India V. The Renaissance in Tuscany VI. Rome and the Cinquecento VII. Roman Villas of Villeggiatura VIII. Villa Lante and the Villino Farnese IX. Later Italian Villas, 1610-1785 X. The Piazza in Italy XI. Beginnings in France XII. AndrÉ le NÔtre: Vaux-le-Vicomte and Versailles XIII. England under the Tudors XIV. Seventeenth-Century England XV. The English "Landscape Gardening School" XVI.

SynopsisMr. Newton concludes his book with a timely discussion of the vital role that landscape architecture plays in the conservation of natural resources and in protection of the environment., With the role of the landscape architect increasing as it is in importance, this first comprehensive survey of the art and practice of landscape architecture fills a great need. Norman T. Newton has included over 400 illustrations in his book, which conveys a basic understanding of the aims and scope of landscape architecture and offers visual analyses of major historic works, each in the context of its own time. The first third of the study is concerned with landscape architecture in the Western world, mainly Europe, from ancient times to the mid-nineteenth century. But the major part of the work is devoted to the development of landscape architecture in the century that has passed since it acquired the status of a profession and an independent discipline. Concentrating primarily on the United States, Mr. Newton reviews his subject from its beginnings in colonial days to the work of Olmsted, Vaux, Cleveland, Weidenmann, Eliot, Platt, and the founders of the American Society of Landscape Architects. He discusses the Columbian Exposition of 1893, the "City Beautiful" movement and the growth of city planning, the Country Place Era, town planning in England and America, American national and state parks, parkways, urban open spaces, and recent variations in professional practice. Mr. Newton concludes his book with a timely discussion of the vital role that landscape architecture plays in the conservation of natural resources and in protection of the environment.

LC Classification NumberSB472