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Published by University of California Press November 2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0520232917ISBN 13: 9780520232914
Seller: R Bookmark, Youngtown, AZ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good.
Published by University of California Press November 2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0520232917ISBN 13: 9780520232914
Seller: R Bookmark, Youngtown, AZ, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition by number code.
Published by University of California Press November 2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0520232240ISBN 13: 9780520232242
Seller: Inquiring Minds, Saugerties, NY, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: New.
Published by University of California Press November 2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0520226739ISBN 13: 9780520226739
Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. This abridged edition of the magisterial three-volume 'The Forum of Trajan in Rome' makes this definitive study of the acknowledged showplace of imperial Rome available to a wide audience. Published without the scholarly apparatus of the original edition, the paperback version nonetheless presents a complete history of the Forum, its construction, use in antiquity, destruction, and later fortunes. James E. Packer's comprehensive examination also summarizes the archaeological investigations on the site and reviews the nine major restoration studies of the Basilica Ulpia undertaken by scholars of the last 176 years, focusing on the architecture of the Forum. Beautifully and extensively illustrated with both color drawings and black-and-white photographs, this book will be the authoritative guide to the site. The Forum of Trajan has suffered a harsh fate. During the earthquakes of a.d. 810 and 847, its buildings collapsed. From the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, the site was quarried for its marble, travertine, and peperino. Packer's book is the first to present information from the systematic excavations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. For the buildings still interred, unpublished documents and drawings, representations on coins, and those chance finds reported in the past provide much new information. For the fully excavated East Colonnade and Hemicycle, the West Library, and the Basilica Ulpia, accurate restorations are now feasible. By determining the precise ancient appearance of the excavated buildings, these reconstructions establish, as much as possible, the essential architectural texts for all further study of the site. An afterword discusses changes made to the reconstructions of the Forum's buildings offered in the original text and figures. The result of work on two computer models of the restored architecture of the site (1997, 1999, 2000), these revised reconstructions appear in thirteen new color figures. The other 158 in-text illustrations document the visible ruins, the excavations, and the earlier reconstructions. The first-ever systematic account of the creation, destruction, excavation, and attempts at reconstruction of the Forum of Trajan in Rome. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.
Published by University of California Press November 2001, 2001
ISBN 10: 0520232909ISBN 13: 9780520232907
Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. One of the most influential landscape and garden designers of the twentieth century, Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1993) has inspired generations of gardens around the world. His sweeping forms and painterly approach to planting were revolutionary when they first came to public attention in the 1930s, and many contemporary designs today owe his vision a great debt. Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the son of German emigrants, Burle Marx studied painting in Rio de Janeiro, an aspect of his work that persisted throughout his career. Drawing on his masterly knowledge of Brazil's rich tropical plants, his fine-art training, and his love of music and sculpture, he began with private landscape commissions before his work caught the eye of architects Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer. With them, Burle Marx created some of his most memorable works in Brasilia and elsewhere around Brazil. His later commissions included numerous parks, private institutions, and his own residence, the magical El Jardin de las Maravillas--The Garden of Wonders. Publications on Burle Marx have been few, despite his world renown. This book is the first major publication in a decade. Before his death, the author worked closely with Burle Marx during the writing of this book, and gained unique insight into the life, ideas, and work that are outlined in the introduction. The core of the book is twenty-six projects, presented through plans--some redrawn from Marx's now vanished or ruined originals--specially commissioned photographs, planting schemes, and some of Burle Marx's own paintings. An extensive reference section includes an exhaustive chronology and bibliography. At a time when landscape design is more lively and influential than ever, this tribute to an acknowledged master of modern design is destined to inspire gardens and landscape design for years to come. 'Brazilian Roberto Burle Marx was one of two or three of the most important landscape architects of the last century. Marta Iris Montero uses solid scholarship and personal history to offer a comprehensive and poetic overview of his work and life. She reveals how a love of art, philosophy, music, and horticulture inspired Burle Marx to create some of the great gardens and public spaces of the world. '--Mark Francis, FASLA University of California, Davis and co-author of 'The California Landscape Garden' Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.