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Author : Helen L. Horowitz
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2020-01-21
Traces Of J B Jackson written by Helen L. Horowitz and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-21 with Architecture categories.
J. B. Jackson transformed forever how Americans understand their landscape, a concept he defined as land shaped by human presence. In the first major biography of the greatest pioneer in landscape studies, Helen Horowitz shares with us a man who focused on what he regarded as the essential American landscape, the everyday places of the countryside and city, exploring them as texts that reveal important truths about society and culture, present and past. In Jackson’s words, landscape is "history made visible." After a varied life of traveling, writing, sketching, ranch labor, and significant service in army intelligence in World War II, Jackson moved to New Mexico and single-handedly created the magazine Landscape. As it grew under his direction throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Landscape attracted a wide range of contributors. Jackson became a man in demand as a lecturer and, beginning in the late 1960s, he established the field of landscape studies at Berkeley, Harvard, and elsewhere, mentoring many who later became important architects, planners, and scholars. Horowitz brings this singular person to life, revealing how Jackson changed our perception of the landscape and, through friendship as well as his writings, profoundly influenced the lives of many, including her own.
Traces Of J B Jackson
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Author : Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
language : en
Publisher: Midcentury
Release Date : 2020
Traces Of J B Jackson written by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz and has been published by Midcentury this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Architecture categories.
"Through a series of biographical essays, this book explores the life of writer, editor, artist, and teacher J. B. Jackson (1909-1996), a man who transformed how Americans understand the landscape, a word he defined as land shaped by human presence. Jackson focused on what he regarded as the essential American landscape, the everyday places of the countryside and city, exploring them as texts that reveal important truths about society and culture, present and past. In his words, landscape is "History made visible." After a varied life that included travel, writing, sketching, ranch labor, and important service in army intelligence in World War II, Jackson moved to New Mexico and single-handedly created the magazine Landscape. As it grew in the years under his direction, 1951-68, Landscape attracted a wide range of contributors. Invitations to lecture and teach followed. For a decade, beginning in the late 1960s, Jackson pioneered the field of landscape studies at Berkeley, Harvard, and elsewhere, mentoring many who later became important architects, planners, and scholars. Jackson was a fascinating person to know. Through friendship as well as writings, he profoundly influenced the lives of many, including my own. Jackson's legacy continues through anthologized collections of his many remarkable works"--
Landscape In Sight
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Author : John Brinckerhoff Jackson
language : en
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Release Date : 1997
Landscape In Sight written by John Brinckerhoff Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Social Science categories.
This anthology of the author's writings on the American landscape, illustrated with his own sketches and photographs, brings together his most famous essays, significant but less well known writings and articles that were originally published unsigned or under pseudonyms.
Everyday America
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Author : Chris Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2003-03-03
Everyday America written by Chris Wilson and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-03 with Architecture categories.
A collection of seventeen essays examining the field of American cultural landscapes past and present. The role of J. B. Jackson and his influence on the field is a explored in many of them.
Landscapes
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Author : John Brinckerhoff Jackson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Landscapes written by John Brinckerhoff Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Landscape assessment categories.
The Necessity For Ruins And Other Topics
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Author : John Brinckerhoff Jackson
language : en
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Release Date : 1980
The Necessity For Ruins And Other Topics written by John Brinckerhoff Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Architecture categories.
Jackson discussed the evolution of the development, use, and perception of landscape--the space around us in the most general sense. The title chapter examines the proliferation of historic parks and monuments and argues that American culture demands a three-step formulation of history.
Drawn To Landscape
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Author : Janet Mendelsohn
language : en
Publisher: George F. Thompson Publishing
Release Date : 2015
Drawn To Landscape written by Janet Mendelsohn and has been published by George F. Thompson Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with DVD-Video discs categories.
"J. B. (John Brinckerhoff) Jackson founded, edited, and published Landscape from 1951–1969, v. 1-32, no. 2; spring 1951-1994] a magazine that changed the way everyone—including writers and scholars, planners and designers, artists and the general public—came to understand and interpret the everyday places that surround us and influence us in fundamental ways. Then, through his distinguished teaching career at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley, and through his expansive array of seminal essays and influential books, Jackson further pioneered the advancement of "landscape studies," whose connections today extend to more than a dozen academic, artistic, and professional fields. Drawn to Landscape is the first book to present fully the many aspects of Jackson's career. Including original essays by those who not only knew Jackson well, but also have carried his torch to new heights in their own work, the book sheds valuable light on Jackson's life, oeuvre, influences, and many legacies. Also included are 126 color illustrations and twenty-eight black-and-white illustrations, among them 117 of Jackson's original drawings, watercolors, and teaching slides. J. B. Jackson redefined landscape not as scenery but as the historical record of human interactions with the environment, whether urban, rural, suburban, social, or wild. He taught us to pay attention to the often overlooked but defining features of our everyday world, whose varied landscapes are created by ordinary people going about their day-to-day lives. And he guided us, from the first issue of Landscape to his last lecture and publication, to look at the landscape like one reads a book. As he proclaimed, "We have but to learn how to read it." This book helps show us the way."--
Discovering The Vernacular Landscape
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Author : John Brinckerhoff Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1984-01-01
Discovering The Vernacular Landscape written by John Brinckerhoff Jackson and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-01-01 with Social Science categories.
A pioneer in landscape studies takes us on a tour of landscapes past and present to show how our surroundings reflect our culture. "No one who cares deeply about landscape issues can overlook the scores of brilliant insights and challenges to the mind, eye and conscience contained in Discovering the Vernacular Landscape. It is a book to be deeply cherished and to be read and pondered many times."--Wilbur Zelinsky, Landscape "While it is fashionable to speak of man as alienated from his environment, Mr. Jackson shows us all the ties that bind us to it, consciously or unconsciously. He teaches us to speak intelligently--rather than polemically or wistfully--of the sense of place."--Anatole Broyard, New York Times "This book is a vital and seminal text: do beg, borrow or buy it."--Robert Holden, Landscape Design (London) "Incisive and overpoweringly influential. It will probably tell you something about how you live that you've never thought about."--Thomas Hine, The Philadelphia Inquirer "No one can come close to Jackson in his unique combination of historical scholarship and field experience, in his deep knowledge of European high culture as well as of American trailer parks, in his archivist's nose for the unusual fact and his philosopher's mind for the trenchant, surprising question."--Yi-Fu Tuan
A Sense Of Place A Sense Of Time
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Author : John Brinckerhoff Jackson
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1994-01-01
A Sense Of Place A Sense Of Time written by John Brinckerhoff Jackson and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-01 with Science categories.
J.B. Jackson, a pioneer in the field of landscape studies, here takes us on a tour of American landscapes past and present, showing how our surroundings reflect important changes in our culture. Because we live in urban and industrial environments that are constantly evolving, says Jackson, time and movement are increasingly important to us and place and permanence are less so. We no longer gain a feeling of community from where we live or where we assemble but from common work hours, habits, and customs. Jackson examines the new vernacular landscape of trailers, parking lots, trucks, loading docks, and suburban garages, which all reflect this emphasis on mobility and transience; he redefines roads as scenes of work and leisure and social intercourse--as places, rather than as means of getting to places; he argues that public parks are now primarily for children, older people, and nature lovers, while more mobile or gregarious people seek recreation in shopping malls, in the street, and in sports arenas; he traces the development of dwellings in New Mexico from prehistoric Pueblo villages to mobile homes; and he criticizes the tendency of some environmentalists to venerate nature instead of interacting with it and learning to share it with others in temporary ways. Written with his customary lucidity and elegance, this book reveals Jackson's passion for vernacular culture, his insights into a style of life that blurs the boundaries between work and leisure, between middle and working classes, and between public and private spaces.
Landscapes
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Author : J. B. Jackson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Landscapes written by J. B. Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Landscape assessment categories.
The author views landscaping as an expression of a way of life. This collection of essays is written for the general reader and features articles without footnotes. The subject matter ranges from disquisitions on ordinary houses, yards, farms, and farmsteads to notes on ecology and from the impact of automobile use, mobile homes, shopping centers, and rural and urban planning to philosophical arguments about the meaning of human space and arguments for and against preservation.