From 1951 to 1969, John Brinckerhoff (J. B.) Jackson founded,
edited, and published Landscape, a magazine that changed the way
scholars, writers, teachers, designers, planners, and artists came
to understand the everyday places that surround us and influence us
in fundamental ways. Then, as a lecturer at Harvard University and
the University of California, Berkeley, Jackson further pioneered
""landscape studies,"" a field through which he continues to
inspire those who study and interpret landscapes, whether urban,
rural, suburban, social, or wild. Drawn to Landscape is the first
book to present fully the many aspects of Jackson's career.
Including original essays by those who not only knew him best but
who have carried his torch to new heights in their own respective
work, the book sheds valuable light on Jackson's life and oeuvre,
from the time of his childhood to his death in 1996, as well as on
his many legacies that remain today. Also included, some pieces
reproduced for the first time, is a wide-ranging display of
Jackson's original drawings, watercolors, and teaching slides. J.
B. Jackson taught us to pay attention to the often overlooked but
defining features of our landscapes, such as the road and
commercial strip, the garage and backyard, and flea markets and
borderlands, as well as changing recreational uses of the land, the
necessity for ruins and the inherent artificiality of historic
preservation, and the importance of the clock--as opposed to the
geographical and spiritual grounding of indigenous cultures--in
defining our communities, societies, and economies. The book will
be a welcome addition to anyone seeking, as Jackson urged, to
""read the landscape"" in order to understand our everyday world in
new and enlightened ways.
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