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A Genius for Place - American Landscapes of the Country Place Era (Hardcover)
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A Genius for Place - American Landscapes of the Country Place Era (Hardcover)
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This is the definitive work on a formative period in American
landscape design. In this lavishly illustrated volume, Robin Karson
traces the development of a distinctly American style of landscape
design through an analysis of seven country places created by some
of the nation's most talented landscape practitioners. In the
mid-nineteenth century Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of New
York's Central Park, developed an approach to landscape design
based on the principles of the English Picturesque which also
emphasized a specifically American experience of nature and
scenery. After Olmsted's retirement in 1897, these precepts
continued to ground a new generation of American landscape
architects through the next four decades, a period known as the
""country place era,"" a time of rapid economic, social, and
cultural change. In the early twentieth century, new fortunes made
it possible for wealthy Americans to commission country estates as
a means of aggrandizing social status. These private havens also
offered their owners respite from crowded cities and a way to
preserve and celebrate places of distinctive landscape beauty. The
commissions provided burgeoning numbers of landscape architects
with opportunities to experiment with stylistic influences derived
from Beaux-Arts, Arts and Crafts, and even Asian principles. The
chapters in this book trace a progression in the period from the
naturalistic wild gardens of Warren Manning to the mysterious
""Prairie style"" landscapes of Jens Jensen to the proto-modernist
gardens of Fletcher Steele. Other practitioners covered are Charles
Platt, Ellen Biddle Shipman, Beatrix Farrand, Marian Coffin, and
Lockwood de Forest Jr. The projects profiled follow a broad
geographic arc, from Stockbridge, Massachusetts, to Santa Barbara,
California. All seven landscapes are now open to visitors.
Analyzing these designs in context with one another and against the
backdrop of the professional and cultural currents that shaped
larger projects - such as parks, campuses, and planned communities
- Karson creates a rich and comprehensive picture of the artistic
achievements of the period. Striking black-and-white images by
landscape photographer Carol Betsch illuminate the transporting
spirit of these country places today, while hundreds of drawings,
plans, and historical photographs bring the past to life.
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