Elizabeth Boults, Chip Sullivan

Illustrated History of Landscape Design

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Landscape design history greatly influenced today's design process and design solutions. Illustrated History of Landscape Design provides an overview of landscape design, including the iconic spaces throughout the centuries, starting from landscapes in prehistory to current trends in landscape design. Featuring hundreds of masterful, hand-drawn images, this highly visual guide illustrates how the landscape has been shaped over time in relation to human need. In a concise manner, this book helps students and practitioners gain a critical perspective on how to apply historical context to contemporary design challenges.

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A visual journey through the history of landscape design For thousands of years, people have altered the meaning of space by reshaping nature. As an art form, these architectural landscape creations are stamped with societal imprints unique to their environment and place in time. Illustrated History of Landscape Design takes an optical sweep of the iconic landscapes constructed throughout the ages. Organized by century and geographic region, this highly visual reference uses hundreds of masterful pen-and-ink drawings to show how historical context and cultural connections can illuminate today's design possibilities. This guide includes: * Storyboards, case studies, and visual narratives to portray spaces * Plan, section, and elevation drawings of key spaces * Summaries of design concepts, principles, and vocabularies * Historic and contemporary works of art that illuminate a specific era * Descriptions of how the landscape has been shaped over time in response to human need Directing both students and practitioners along a visually stimulating timeline, Illustrated History of Landscape Design is a valuable educational tool as well as an endless source ofinspiration.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 274mm x 216mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 771g
• ISBN-13: 9780470289334
• ISBN-10: 0470289333
• Artikelnr.: 27082842

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Boults is a landscape architect and educator. She maintains an art-based practice in Berkeley, California, and teaches in the landscape architecture programs at University of California, Berkeley Extension, and University of California, Davis. Her subject areas include drawing, design, and history. Chip Sullivan is a Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. Author of several books, he is the recipient of the Rome Prize, among many other national and international awards. He currently writes an ongoing series of illustrated articles for Landscape Architecture magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION

PREHISTORY TO 500 CE

500 - 1400 CE

15th CENTURY

16th CENTURY

17th CENTURY

18th CENTURY

19th CENTURY

20th CENTURY

21st CENTURY

Rezensionen

'...an accessible and reliable source for students and the interest general reader.' (BBC Gardens Illustrated, May 2010)