Ganna Walska Lotusland
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Ganna Walska Lotusland
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Author : Sharon Crawford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Ganna Walska Lotusland written by Sharon Crawford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Botanical gardens categories.
Ganna Walska Lotusland
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Author : Virginia Hayes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Ganna Walska Lotusland written by Virginia Hayes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Botanical gardens categories.
Always Room At The Top
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Author : Ganna Walska
language : en
Publisher: New York : R.R. Smith
Release Date : 1943
Always Room At The Top written by Ganna Walska and has been published by New York : R.R. Smith this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1943 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
First published in 1943, this is the story of the life of an internationally known personality --a woman of beauty and wit, and a patroness of the arts whose activities have always been directed toward fostering truth and beauty. Her patience and perseverance in endeavoring to create beauty, both in the material world and in the soul of humanity, are fully set forth in this book.Through these pages pass the most famous personages of her time in the fields of music, art, politics, religion, statesmanship and philosophy. Her story will be an inspiration to those who have been discouraged and disheartened in life. It is an honest and revealing tale.
Lotusland
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2022-03-15
Lotusland written by and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-15 with Gardening categories.
A beautifully crafted volume on the world-renowned gardens of Lotusland—the first such book in more than two decades and the first ever magnificent tribute to this international treasure. Variously labeled Eden, one of the 100 gardens you must visit before your die, and among the 10 best botanical gardens in the world, Madame Ganna Walska’s Lotusland is magic mixed with paradise in the hills of Montecito, California. Walska, a well-known Polish opera singer and socialite, purchased the estate in 1941 and spent 43 years creating Lotusland. The collections of exotic plants on the 37-acre property are an expression of her penchant for the dramatic, the unexpected, and the whimsical. Home to more than 3,400 types of plants, including at least 35,000 specimens, it is recognized not just for the diversity of its collections, but for the extraordinary design sensibility informing the many one-of-a-kind individual gardens that comprise the whole. As pleasing as its aesthetic and sensorial qualities are, Lotusland is also an important center for scientific research and conservation. A leader in the field of sustainable practices, it is the first botanical garden in the United States to become entirely organic.
Ganna Diva Of Lotusland
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Author : Brian Adams
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-07-05
Ganna Diva Of Lotusland written by Brian Adams and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-05 with categories.
Lotusland, the celebrated garden created by Ganna Walska in Santa Barbara, California, represents the second half of the creative life of a woman, who was, in her time a femme fatale, much married, but with a steely ambition to become a famous opera diva, though her talent was slight. From Polish teenager in the early part of the 20th century, she became a pre-revolutionary baroness in Russia, with five subsequent husbands, including American industrial royalty, Harold McCormick, head of International Harvester. Her life embraces many of the important events of the 20th century and the artists, tycoons and statesmen at center stage. She owned a renowned Paris theater for almost 50 years, earning the Legion d'honneur and the Ordre National des Arts et des Lettres for her contribution to French cultural life. But it is Lotusland, her eclectic and idiosyncratic Californian garden that has ensured her posterity."
Ganna Walska
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Author : Hania Tallmadge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-10-15
Ganna Walska written by Hania Tallmadge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-15 with categories.
The portraits of Ganna Walska span most of the twentieth century. Recording her beauty were famous artists from the Belle Époque, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and the Modern eras-they also span several countries and continents. She lived fully in an interesting period of history and knew a great many people. As she writes in her autobiography Always Room at the Top, "My life has touched the lives of people in almost every country on the globe." The lives of people from Poland, Russia, France, England, and the United States were intertwined with hers. It was an age of portraits, when one had as many portraits painted as one could afford and fit into one's personal schedule. For decades Ganna Walska was busy with her opera career and if not for that we probably would have had a dozen more portraits, as artists loved to paint her dazzling beauty. Portrait painters were the darlings of society. Artists, such as the Italian painter Giovanni Boldini, were often begged to paint portraits. The opposite was true for Ganna-with many artists clamoring to portray her image. Those were the days when to be without several family portraits in the living room would have seemed disastrous.While Ganna may not have sat for as many portraits as other men and women of her time, the diversity of the artists and the range of her portraits are unusual and unique. From Poland to Russia to France, and from New York to California, she-in one way or another-knew a number of significant artists and celebrities that books are now written about. There is even a movie that includes her attorney Phelan Beale (Grey Gardens), not to mention biographies about several of her husbands. On the other hand, there are those who claim to have known Ganna Walska in their autobiographies simply for recognition's sake, but who never knew her at all.Ganna's sense of theater and drama for the instant impact-her philosophy of "the bigger the better"-translated into jewelry, portraits, and gardens. She lived a long and vivid life that surpassed all of her contemporaries.
Designing With Palms
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Author : Jason Dewees
language : en
Publisher: Timber Press
Release Date : 2018-03-07
Designing With Palms written by Jason Dewees and has been published by Timber Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-07 with Gardening categories.
ÒIf you want to successfully add more bold fronds and a tropical style to your landscape,ÊDesigning With PalmsÊis the comprehensive book for you.Ó ÑGardenistaÊ Palms are a landscape staple in warm, temperate climates worldwide. But these stunning and statement-making plants are large, expensive, and difficult to install, resulting in unique design challenges.ÊIn Designing with Palms, palm expert Jason Dewees details every major aspect of designing and caring for palms. This definitive guide shares essential information on planting, irrigation, nutrition, pruning, and transplanting. A gallery of the most important species showcases the range of options available, and stunning photographs by Caitlin Atkinson spotlight examples of home and public landscapes that make excellent use of palms.
Lotusland
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Author : Theodore Roosevelt Gardner
language : en
Publisher: Allen A. Knoll Publishers
Release Date : 1995
Lotusland written by Theodore Roosevelt Gardner and has been published by Allen A. Knoll Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with California categories.
Lotusland is one of the most dramatic gardens in the world. This spectacular book eloquently chronicles the gardens and the life story of the eccentric Madame Ganna Walska, the legendary woman who spent more than forty years and untold millions developing these gardens.
Estate Gardens Of California
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Author : Melba Levick
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Release Date : 2002
Estate Gardens Of California written by Melba Levick and has been published by Rizzoli International Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Cooking categories.
Detailed with loving accuracy in the photography of Melba Levick and in the lucid prose of Karen Dardick, Estate Gardens of California showcases fifteen magnificent estate gardens that are uniquely, exuberantly Californian. Included within are the classically inspired, 654-acre gardens of Filoli near San Francisco, a property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation-an estate with grounds of such alluring beauty that many times the cameras of Hollywood have come here to film; the Huntington Library Gardens in San Marino, one of the most important botanical gardens in the world; and the opulent and strange but wildly popular Lotusland in Montecito, a fantasy world of exquisite beauty created by Madam Ganna Walska with famed designer Lockwood de Forest. Other gardens featured are in Pebble Beach, Newport Beach, Beverly Hills, the Napa and Sonoma Valleys, and Rancho Palos Verdes. It is the plant palette of almost endless possibilities that makes California's great gardens so breathtaking. In Estate Gardens a rare and privileged glimpse of these possibilities is given. Cohen Estate, Newport Beach (owner of Four Seasons Hotel, Los Angeles) Collins Estate, Beverly Hills Hacienda Mar Monte, Pebble Beach Descanso Gardens, La Canada (open to public) Filoli, Woodside (open to public) Lotusland, Montecito (open to public) Rancho Los Alamitos, Long Beach (open to public) Stathatos Estate, San Marino Beaulieu Residence, Napa Valley (private residence of owner of Beaulieu winery) Villa Fiore, Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County Huntington Library, San Marino (open to public) Val Verde, Montecito (open for limited public viewing) Villa Narcissa, Rancho Palos Verdes Virginia Robinson Estate and Gardens, Beverly Hills (open for limited public viewing) Alden Estate, Santa Monica Canyon.
Curved Folding Origami Design
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Author : Jun Mitani
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2019-03-27
Curved Folding Origami Design written by Jun Mitani and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-27 with Mathematics categories.
The origami introduced in this book is based on simple techniques. Some were previously known by origami artists and some were discovered by the author. Curved-Folding Origami Design shows a way to explore new area of origami composed of curved folds. Each technique is introduced in a step-by-step fashion, followed by some beautiful artwork examples. A commentary explaining the theory behind the technique is placed at the end of each chapter. Features Explains the techniques for designing curved-folding origami in seven chapters Contains many illustrations and photos (over 140 figures), with simple instructions Contains photos of 24 beautiful origami artworks, as well as their crease patterns Some basic theories behind the techniques are introduced