Fletcher Steele, Landscape Architect
An Account of the Gardenmaker's Life, 1885-1971
2nd Edition
Published on 31. August 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-55849-413-8 (ISBN)
Description
For sixty years, Fletcher Steele practiced landscape architecture as a fine art, designing nearly seven hundred gardens, from Boston to Detroit, from North Carolina to Canada. Often brilliant, always original, Steele's work is considered by many to constitute the essential link between nineteenth-century Beaux Arts formalism and modern landscape design.
Reviews / Votes
A book to give for Christmas, or as the grandest of house presents; it's a book to keep as well.... [Karson] has written a wonderful read and, in doing so, has revived an entire era in all its detail. Intelligent, makes the considerable volume of material accessible and clear. - Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians; ""Karson has done a magnificent job in integrating carefully chosen archival drawings and pictures with contemporary photographs of many gardens. Planting plans and plant lists are offered as additional information for many of the gardens with a comprehensive list of clients. We are given simultaneously a revealing account of one of America's greatest modern gardenMore details
Series
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Massachusetts
United States
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
16 colour plates, 215 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 296 mm
Width: 254 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1606 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55849-413-8 (9781558494138)
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Previous edition
Robin Karson
Fletcher Steele, Landscape Architect
Book
05/1989
Timber Press
€66.51
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Person
Robin Karson is executive director of Library of American Landscape History. She is author and editor of numerous books about American landscape history.