The Complete House and Grounds; Learning from Andrew Jackson Downing s Domestic Architecture

Yglesias, Caren

ISBN 10: 1935195247 / ISBN 13: 9781935195245

Edité par Center for American Places, Chicago, 2012

A propos de cet article

B&W Plans, Reproductions and Figures; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 255 pages; [SIGNED Presentation Copy] 2012 Center for American Places. HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Author's signed presentation inscription on the half-title page to leading scholar of urban planning and lanscape architecture, David Scuyler. Tight bound and fresh in crisp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with reproductions of period plans, woodcuts and views. Feels and appears generally unread and about as new. NF/NF; Signed by Author.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Complete House and Grounds; Learning from Andrew Jackson Downing s Domestic Architecture
• Éditeur: Center for American Places, Chicago
• Date de parution: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1935195247
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781935195245
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Edition; First Printing.
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Signed by Author
  • Architecture: Urban Planning & City Studies
  • Art History :: Architecture

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Synopsis

Andrew Jackson Downing, now considered the father of American landscape architecture, was among the first to develop aesthetic theories that differed sharply from those perpetuated in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe. He designed houses based upon American democratic values and advocated for domestic design that would satisfy basic human needs along with the desire to live well. In this book, Caren Yglesias, a practicing architect, examines Downing's legacy with an eye for relevance to today's domestic landscape. She builds on Downing's work in order to redefine what makes a "complete," or nurturing and fulfilling, house and grounds.

À propos de l?auteur

Caren Yglesias is a practicing architect and an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland.