Ferruccio Vitale Landscape Architect of the Country Place ERA

Name: Ferruccio Vitale Landscape Architect of the Country Place ERA
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ISBN: 9781568982908

ISBN-10: 1568982909

ISBN-13: 9781568982908

Edition: 2001

Authors: Terry R. Schnadelbach, Horace Havemeyer III

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Ferruccio Vitale is America's forgotten landscape architect. Though his works like Skylands and Longwood Gardens are well known, his name has been eclipsed by his contemporary, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. Yet Vitale's influence on the modern direction of landscape design and his promotion of it as a profession is arguably more significant than Olmsted's. His unique designs and philosophy, which challenged the then-dominant pictorial mode of landscape architecture, influenced generations of followers, and is still felt today. Vitale (1875-1933) developed his rationale designs, based on the principles of composition from the fine arts and architecture, in both civic commissions and, most…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Publication date: 10/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 12.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 4.686
Language: English