Design on the Land : The Development of Landscape Architecture (Belknap Press Ser.)

Newton, Norman T.

ISBN 10: 0674198700 / ISBN 13: 9780674198708

Published by Harvard University Press/Belknap Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A./London, 1981

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714 pages. Bibliography. Index. 424 Black and white illustrations. "This book has arisen from a deep conviction that a sympathetic understanding of the development of landscape architecture - as an art and as a profession - can bring new richness to man's grasp of the world in which he lives. Landscape architecture: a profession only a little over a century old; an art as old as human existence. This book addresses itself to both." - from Foreward. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper else clean and bright with light wear. Very nice copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Design on the Land : The Development of Landscape Architecture (Belknap Press Ser.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Design on the Land : The Development of Landscape Architecture (Belknap Press Ser.)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press/Belknap Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A./London
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674198700
• ISBN 13: 9780674198708
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

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.