This beautifully illustrated historical dictionary of landscape design vocabulary used in North America from the 17th to the mid-19th century defines a selection of one hundred terms and concepts used in garden planning and landscape architecture. Ranging from alcove, arbor, and arch to veranda, wilderness, and wood, each term presents a wealth of documentation, textual sources, and imagery. The broad geographic scope of the texts reveals patterns of regional usage, while the chronological range provides evidence of changing design practice and landscape vocabulary over time. Drawing upon a wealth of newly compiled documentation and accompanied by more than 1,000 images, this dictionary forms the most complete published reference to date on the history of American garden design, and reveals landscape history as integral to the study of American cultural history.
Keywords in American Landscape Design (Center for Advanced Studies in Visual Art)
Discover the unique natural beauty of New Hampshire in these whimsical photographs of the state’s famous (and not yet famous) natural rock formations.
Interesting New Hampshire factoids supplement the images. Did you know that the alarm clock was invented in Concord? That the first public library and the first credit union were established in New Hampshire? Franklin Pierce, the state’s only homegrown president, campaigned using the slogan “We Polked you in 1844; we shall Pierce you in 1852.”
This book will change how you see New Hampshire! These humorous photographs revitalize a traditional method of discovering the state: by identifying faces in stone. This book teaches you to appreciate a unique natural beauty that can only be found in New Hampshire.
New Hampshire Rock Portraits
Some of the greatest gardens, parks, and piazzas of Italy, France and England are showcased in this publication and its accompanying CD-ROM. Landscape designers will marvel at the extensive collection of electronic photos that complement the images, sketches, associated plans, and timelines found in Landscape Interpretations. This presentation successfully links historic principles to contemporary design. The landscape designer will appreciate discussions of essential and inspiring design ideas about these many great examples of landscape acrhitecture in Western Europe, as well as definitions of terms and a list of resources for further reading.
Landscape Interpretations