Andrew Jackson Downing: Essential Texts

Andrew Jackson Downing: Essential Texts
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 401
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ISBN-10 : 9780393733839
ISBN-13 : 0393733831
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Download or read book Andrew Jackson Downing: Essential Texts written by Andrew Jackson Downing and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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