Wilderness by Design

Wilderness by Design
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 396
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ISBN-10 : 080326383X
ISBN-13 : 9780803263833
Rating : 4/5 (833 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Wilderness by Design by : Ethan Carr

Download or read book Wilderness by Design written by Ethan Carr and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carr delves into the planning and motivations of the people who wanted to preserve America's scenic geography. He demonstrates that by drawing on historical antecedents, landscape architects and planners carefully crafted each addition to maintain maximum picturesque wonder. Tracing the history of landscape park design from British gardens up through the city park designs of Frederick Law Olmsted, Carr places national park landscape architecture within a larger historical context.


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