
Accents as Well as Broad Effects
Writings on Architecture, Landscape, and the Environment, 1876-1925
Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer(Author)
David Gebhard(Editor)
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 19. August 1996
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-0-520-20126-2 (ISBN)
Description
Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (1851-1934) is regarded among architectural historians for her 1888 biography of the 19th-century architect Henry Hobson Richardson. Less well-known are her writings on architecture, decorative art, gardening and landscape design, works that provide a view of cities and rural environments in turn-of-the-century America. This volume is a collection of Van Rensselaer's significant writings, including a chapter from the 1925 edition of "Art Out-of-Doors: Hints on Good Taste in Gardening". An established critic in environmental and literary circles, Van Rensselaer wrote for the general public in such journals as the "Century Magazine" and for a specialized audience of landscape architects in "Garden and Forest". She was a long-time contributor to "The American Architect and Building News", the first architectural journal in the United States. Van Rensselaer's articles on Frederick Law Olmsted and the Boston Public Library won great praise. Although the only woman in a field that was male-dominated at the time, she was opposed to women's suffrage. David Gebhard is the author of "Romanza: The California Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright" and "Los Angeles
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-20126-2 (9780520201262)
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Until his recent death, David Gebhard was Professor of the History of Art and Architecture and Curator of the Architectural Drawing Collection at the University Art Museum, both at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He authored numerous books, including Romanza: The California Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (1988) and Los Angeles in the Thirties (1989).