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Landscapes In History
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Author : Philip Pregill
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 1999-01-25
Landscapes In History written by Philip Pregill and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-25 with Architecture categories.
Dies ist ein umfassendes Lehrbuch und Nachschlagewerk zur Geschichte der Landschaftsarchitektur in Europa, Amerika und Asien, und zwar von ihren Ursprüngen bis hin zur Gegenwart. Diese 2. Auflage bietet mehr als nur einen aktualisierten Überblick: Sie behandelt ausführlich kulturelle, soziale, politische, technologische und philosophische Aspekte, die die Geschichte des Landschaftsbaus beeinflussen und untersucht darüber hinaus die Auswirkungen menschlicher Aktivitäten auf die Umwelt. Am Ende jedes Kapitels gibt es eine Zusammenfassung und Literaturhinweise. Neu hinzugekommen sind spezielle Kapitel zum asiatischen Landschaftsbau, zur modernen Planung und zu Pflanzmethoden. Eine idealer Einführungstext für Studenten der Landschaftsarchitektur und verwandter Disziplinen und unentbehrliches Nachschlagewerk für Experten. (y12/98)
Landscapes In History
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Author : Philip Pregill
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 1999-01-25
Landscapes In History written by Philip Pregill and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-25 with Architecture categories.
The definitive, one-stop reference to the history of landscape architecture-now expanded and revised This revised edition of Landscapes in History features for the first time new information-rarely available elsewhere in the literature-on landscape architecture in India, China, Southeast Asia, and Japan. It also expands the discussion of the modern period, including current North American planning and design practices. This unique, highly regarded book traces the development of landscape architecture and environmental design from prehistory to modern times-in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America. It covers the many cultural, political, technological, and philosophical issues influencing land use throughout history, focusing not only on design topics but also on the environmental impact of human activity. Landscape architects, urban planners, and students of these disciplines will find here: * The most comprehensive, in-depth, and up-to-date overview of the subject * Hundreds of stunning photographs and design illustrations * A scholarly yet accessible treatment, drawing on the latest research in archaeology, geography, and other disciplines * The authors' own firsthand observations and travel experiences * Insight into the evolution of landscape architecture as a discipline * Useful chapter summaries and bibliographies
The Landscape Of History
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Author : John Lewis Gaddis
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2004
The Landscape Of History written by John Lewis Gaddis and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Aesthetics categories.
What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today. Gaddis points out that while the historical method is more sophisticated than most historians realize, it doesn't require unintelligible prose to explain. Like cartographers mapping landscapes, historians represent what they can never replicate. In doing so, they combine the techniques of artists, geologists, paleontologists, and evolutionary biologists. Their approaches parallel, in intriguing ways, the new sciences of chaos, complexity, and criticality. They don't much resemble what happens in the social sciences, where the pursuit of independent variables functioning with static systems seems increasingly divorced from the world as we know it. So who's really being scientific and who isn't? This question too is one Gaddis explores, in ways that are certain to spark interdisciplinary controversy. Written in the tradition of Marc Bloch and E.H. Carr, The Landscape of History is at once an engaging introduction to the historical method for beginners, a powerful reaffirmation of it for practitioners, a startling challenge to social scientists, and an effective skewering of post-modernist claims that we can't know anything at all about the past. It will be essential reading for anyone who reads, writes, teaches, or cares about history.
Landscapes In History
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Author : Philip Pregill
language : en
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Release Date : 1993
Landscapes In History written by Philip Pregill and has been published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with City planning categories.
This beautifully illustrated, elegant synthesis of current research and interpretation of European and North American landscape use is the most comprehensive volume available in the field. Much more than an up-to-date overview, the book offers a treatment of cultural, social, political, technological, and philosophical issues as they influence landscape history, including an examination of the environmental impact of human activity. In addition, it closely traces the development of the discipline and profession of landscape architecture. Drawn from the latest literature and documentation, it also reflects the authors many years of field observation and analysis. The authors begin by taking you through European and neighboring landscapes, including the Near East and North Africa. They track the development of human activity through early settlement, agriculturalization, industrialization, and the modern period. Next you'll explore North American land use and landscape architecture history, beginning with the influence of Native American cultures. Particular attention is paid to the impact of Euro-American attitudes and practices upon a landscape with limited human alterations to natural systems. You'll also learn about the emergence of the profession of landscape architecture from related disciplines in the mid-nineteenth century. Significant cultural influences, social trends, individuals, sites, and landscape regions in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico are all fully treated. Throughout, the book emphasizes the multicultural experience of landscape. It also brings you a more thorough discussion of the American landscape than any other work of its kind. Other up-to-the-minute topics includeecology, conservation, and environmental impact; a geographic context for design and planning; the relationship of values to land use; pre-Columbian landscape, design and planning; historic preservation; and environmental art. In addition, the book examines the role of six key issues in human interaction with the environment; the relationship of people to the natural environment; the effect of technology; human values concerning urban, rural, and natural landscapes; the symbolism of landscape; the social role of design and the role of aesthetics in land planning and design. Containing useful chapter summaries and bibliographies, this is the ideal introductory text for undergraduate and graduate students of landscape architecture and related studies. Landscape architects, architects, and planners should also read it in order to explore historical trends in social, cultural, and environmental contexts, and to better understand landscape architecture as a distinctive discipline.
Illustrated History Of Landscape Design
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Author : Chip Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: Wiley
Release Date : 2010-02-12
Illustrated History Of Landscape Design written by Chip Sullivan and has been published by Wiley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-12 with Architecture categories.
A visual journey through the history of landscape design For thousands of years, people have altered the meaning of space by reshaping nature. As an art form, these architectural landscape creations are stamped with societal imprints unique to their environment and place in time. Illustrated History of Landscape Design takes an optical sweep of the iconic landscapes constructed throughout the ages. Organized by century and geographic region, this highly visual reference uses hundreds of masterful pen-and-ink drawings to show how historical context and cultural connections can illuminate today's design possibilities. This guide includes: Storyboards, case studies, and visual narratives to portray spaces Plan, section, and elevation drawings of key spaces Summaries of design concepts, principles, and vocabularies Historic and contemporary works of art that illuminate a specific era Descriptions of how the landscape has been shaped over time in response to human need Directing both students and practitioners along a visually stimulating timeline, Illustrated History of Landscape Design is a valuable educational tool as well as an endless source ofinspiration.
Gardens And The Picturesque
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Author : John Dixon Hunt
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 1992
Gardens And The Picturesque written by John Dixon Hunt and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Architecture categories.
A collection of Hunt's essays, many previously unpublished, dealing with the ways in which men and women have given meaning to gardens and landscapes, especially with the ways in which gardens have represented the world of nature "picturesquely".
The New Reading The Landscape
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Author : Richard Muir
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
The New Reading The Landscape written by Richard Muir and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Great Britain categories.
World Terraced Landscapes History Environment Quality Of Life
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Author : Mauro Varotto
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-12-06
World Terraced Landscapes History Environment Quality Of Life written by Mauro Varotto and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-06 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This volume collects the best scientific contribution presented in the 3rd World Conference on Terraced Landscapes held in Italy from 6th to 15th October 2016, offering a deep and multifaceted insight into the remarkable heritage of terraced landscapes in Italy, in Europe and in the World (America, Asia, Australia). It consists of 2 parts: a geographical overview on some of the most important terraced systems in the world (1st part), and a multidisciplinary approach that aims to promote a multifunctional vision of terraces, underlining how these landscapes meet different needs: cultural and historical values, environmental and hydrogeological functions, quality and variety of food, community empowerment and sustainable development (2nd part). The volume offers a great overview on strengths, weaknesses, functions and strategies for terraced landscapes all over the world, summarizing in a final manifest the guidelines to provide a future for these landscapes as natural and cultural heritage.
Nature Pictorialized
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Author : Gina Crandell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Nature Pictorialized written by Gina Crandell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Architecture categories.
Crandell (landscape architecture, Iowa State U.) demonstrates how the principles of her field have drawn extensively from the basic concepts of art and literature, so that a "beautiful" landscape is one that most closely resembles a painting. She traces the subject back to classical times, but emphasizes how 17th-century European painting manifested in 18th-century gardens. Illustrated in black-and-white. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Landscape Of History
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Author : John Lewis Gaddis
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2004
The Landscape Of History written by John Lewis Gaddis and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today. Gaddis points out that while the historical method is more sophisticated than most historians realize, it doesn't require unintelligible prose to explain. Like cartographers mapping landscapes, historians represent what they can never replicate. In doing so, they combine the techniques of artists, geologists, paleontologists, and evolutionary biologists. Their approaches parallel, in intriguing ways, the new sciences of chaos, complexity, and criticality. They don't much resemble what happens in the social sciences, where the pursuit of independent variables functioning with static systems seems increasingly divorced from the world as we know it. So who's really being scientific and who isn't? This question too is one Gaddis explores, in ways that are certain to spark interdisciplinary controversy. Written in the tradition of Marc Bloch and E.H. Carr, The Landscape of History is at once an engaging introduction to the historical method for beginners, a powerful reaffirmation of it for practitioners, a startling challenge to social scientists, and an effective skewering of post-modernist claims that we can't know anything at all about the past. It will be essential reading for anyone who reads, writes, teaches, or cares about history.