Andrew Jackson Downing: Essential Texts

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Landscape
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Author: Andrew Jackson Downing ISBN: 9780393733839
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication: June 18, 2012
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company Language: English
Author: Andrew Jackson Downing
ISBN: 9780393733839
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication: June 18, 2012
Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English

A collection of essential writings by the father of landscape architecture and the urban park movement in the United States.

Andrew Jackson Downing (1815–1852), a much-sought-after designer, influential writer, and editor of The Horticulturist, was an internationally known shaper of opinion. Robert Twombly has selected thirty-three essays on Architecture and Building, Landscape Gardening, Parks and Other Public Places, Village Beautification, Horticulture, and Agricultural Education, and provides an introduction to Downing’s life and work and suggestions for further reading.

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A collection of essential writings by the father of landscape architecture and the urban park movement in the United States.

Andrew Jackson Downing (1815–1852), a much-sought-after designer, influential writer, and editor of The Horticulturist, was an internationally known shaper of opinion. Robert Twombly has selected thirty-three essays on Architecture and Building, Landscape Gardening, Parks and Other Public Places, Village Beautification, Horticulture, and Agricultural Education, and provides an introduction to Downing’s life and work and suggestions for further reading.

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