A Genius for Place
American Landscapes of the Country Place Era
Published on 1. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
456 pages
978-1-952620-21-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this lavishly illustrated volume, Robin Karson explores the development of a distinctly American style of landscape design. Analyzing seven country places created by some of the most imaginative landscape practitioners of the era in the context of professional and cultural currents, Karson draws a richly comprehensive picture of the artistic achievements of the period. Striking contemporary black-and-white photographs by Carol Betsch and hundreds of drawings, plans, and period photographs further illuminate their histories.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 246 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
2259 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-952620-21-8 (9781952620218)
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Robin Karson, Hon. ASLA, is a landscape historian and the founder and executive director of LALH. She has published extensively on American landscape architectural history and design, including several books and numerous articles and essays, and is coeditor of Pioneers of American Landscape Design. Her books have received two Honor Awards from the ASLA, an American Horticultural Society Book Award, and a J. B. Jackson Award.
Carol Betsch, LALH managing editor, graduated from Barnard College with a degree in art history, specializing in nineteenth-century American painting and photography. After working as a researcher at Art in America, she began her career as a copyeditor at Viking press and two decades of freelance editing for Harry N. Abrams in 1974. In 1980, she moved into scholarly publishing at Cornell University Press, which she left as senior manuscript editor in 1999 to join the University of Massachusetts Press as managing editor. Her parallel career as a landscape and garden photographer led to her collaborations with Robin Karson and LALH. She retired from UMASS Press and joined the LALH staff in 2017.
Carol Betsch, LALH managing editor, graduated from Barnard College with a degree in art history, specializing in nineteenth-century American painting and photography. After working as a researcher at Art in America, she began her career as a copyeditor at Viking press and two decades of freelance editing for Harry N. Abrams in 1974. In 1980, she moved into scholarly publishing at Cornell University Press, which she left as senior manuscript editor in 1999 to join the University of Massachusetts Press as managing editor. Her parallel career as a landscape and garden photographer led to her collaborations with Robin Karson and LALH. She retired from UMASS Press and joined the LALH staff in 2017.