The Art of Landscape Gardening

The Art of Landscape Gardening
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Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015067211535
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Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis The Art of Landscape Gardening by : Humphry Repton

From Art to Landscape

From Art to Landscape
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Publisher : Timber Press
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9780881929737
ISBN-13 : 0881929735
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis From Art to Landscape by : W. Gary Smith

Garden designers face some daunting questions: How do I begin the creative process? Where can I find design inspiration? How will I know if my design is successful? If you approach these questions like an artist, with an artist’s tools and ways of looking at the world, you will be able to design gardens that combine the unique character of a place with your innermost creative spirit. You’ll make inspiring gardens that have real meaning, for yourself as well as others. In this luminous volume, landscape architect and artist W. Gary Smith explores the various means that artists use—including drawing, painting, sculpture, meditation, poetry, and dance—to create personal connections with the landscape that enrich and inform garden design. Part 1 focuses on simple techniques that anyone can use to nurture creativity, unleash the imagination, and get ideas down on paper. Part 2 shows how these techniques have shaped actual design projects—with spectacular results. Throughout, the author’s friendly and encouraging voice removes the shroud of mystery surrounding the creative process and shows how even the least artistically inclined can tap into inner resources they never knew they had. Smith’s own exuberant sketches and bold paintings illuminate the path from art to landscape. Infectiously engaging and unfailingly inspiring, this eye-opening book deserves to be read and reread by anyone who aspires to master the rich and demanding art of garden design.

Romantic Gardens

Romantic Gardens
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Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Total Pages : 1
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ISBN-10 : 9781567924046
ISBN-13 : 1567924042
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Romantic Gardens by : Elizabeth Barlow Rogers

The Morgan Library Museum has assembled an impressive array of trend-setting texts and outstanding works of art that reveal the origins and impact of the stylistic innovations of the Romantic Garden, in a broad cultural context, roughly from 1700 to 1900. Romantic Gardens provides a compelling overview of these groundbreaking ideas and shows how they were implemented in private estates and public parks in England, France, Germany, and America.

Landscape Gardening in Japan

Landscape Gardening in Japan
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Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : UIUC:30112051869599
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Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Synopsis Landscape Gardening in Japan by : Josiah Conder

A New Garden Ethic

A New Garden Ethic
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Publisher : New Society Publishers
Total Pages : 217
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ISBN-10 : 9781771422451
ISBN-13 : 1771422459
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis A New Garden Ethic by : Benjamin Vogt

In a time of climate change and mass extinction, how we garden matters more than ever: “An outstanding and deeply passionate book.” —Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals Plenty of books tell home gardeners and professional landscape designers how to garden sustainably, what plants to use, and what resources to explore. Yet few examine why our urban wildlife gardens matter so much—not just for ourselves, but for the larger human and animal communities. Our landscapes push aside wildlife and in turn diminish our genetically programmed love for wildness. How can we get ourselves back into balance through gardens, to speak life's language and learn from other species? Benjamin Vogt addresses why we need a new garden ethic, and why we urgently need wildness in our daily lives—lives sequestered in buildings surrounded by monocultures of lawn and concrete that significantly harm our physical and mental health. He examines the psychological issues around climate change and mass extinction as a way to understand how we are short-circuiting our response to global crises, especially by not growing native plants in our gardens. Simply put, environmentalism is not political; it's social justice for all species marginalized today and for those facing extinction tomorrow. By thinking deeply and honestly about our built landscapes, we can create a compassionate activism that connects us more profoundly to nature and to one another.

Home Landscape

Home Landscape
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Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Total Pages : 364
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ISBN-10 : 0070188793
ISBN-13 : 9780070188792
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Home Landscape by : Garrett Eckbo

To Design Landscape

To Design Landscape
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9780415585040
ISBN-13 : 041558504X
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis To Design Landscape by : Catherine Dee

The book begins with a 'Foundations' section, which sets out the basis of the approach.

Art and the Gardener

Art and the Gardener
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Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Total Pages : 177
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ISBN-10 : 9781423602453
ISBN-13 : 1423602455
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Art and the Gardener by : Gordon Hayward

In Art and the Gardener, Gordon Hayward's tenth book on garden design, he makes a radical departure from his earlier approaches in order to explore elements of visual language across two artistic disciplines-fine painting and garden design-in hopes that the remarkable crosscurrents will help reveal how to design or simply appreciate your garden with greater acuity.

The Art of Landscape Lighting

The Art of Landscape Lighting
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 496
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ISBN-10 : 9780429513985
ISBN-13 : 0429513984
Rating : 4/5 (85 Downloads)

Synopsis The Art of Landscape Lighting by : Janet Lennox Moyer

Following on from the critically acclaimed The Landscape Lighting Book, this is the lighting design companion every professional and student in landscape architecture needs. Written by an award-winning internationally renowned landscape lighting designer, with over 40 years’ experience in professional practice, The Art of Landscape Lighting takes the reader step-by-step through Janet Lennox Moyer’s design process. Personal and accessible in tone, the book covers tools, equipment, techniques, effects, installation, design composition and challenges using built case studies spanning the author’s career. Each project takes you through the process of how to plan compositions; selecting what should be lit and what should remain unlit; how to prioritize the importance of multiple elements; balancing brightness relationships; providing visual transportation across scenes; lighting the same space in different ways and, importantly, guidance on when designs are complete. Lavishly designed and illustrated with 450 full colour photographs, showcasing projects from start to finish, it additionally includes new landscape lighting equipment and techniques developed by Moyer throughout her career. This includes shore scraping, rainwall lighting, approaches for lighting water features and sculptures, and the 3-prong stake. Aimed at practicing professionals and students in landscape architecture, this book is the must-have inspirational resource that provides you with everything you need to design and implement landscape lighting across multiple scales.