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Roberto Burle Marx Brazilian Modernist

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ISBN-10: 0300212151

ISBN-13: 9780300212150

Edition: 2016

Authors: Jens Hoffmann, Claudia J. Nahson

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The modernist parks and gardens of Brazilian landscape architect and garden designer Roberto Burle Marx (1909-1994) earned him awards, widespread acclaim, and international fame. Over a 60-year career, he designed more than 2,000 gardens worldwide, the most famous of which are those he created in collaboration with the architect Oscar Niemeyer for Brasília. Although he is best known for his landscape work, Burle Marx was a prolific artist in a variety of media, and his larger body of work--which includes paintings, drawings, tile mosaics, sculpture, textile design, jewelry, theater costumes, and more--is critical to understanding his importance as a modernist. An avid horticulturalist, he…    
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Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2016
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 5/3/2016
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 0.97" wide x 1.05" long x 0.11" tall
Weight: 2.794
Language: English

Claudia J. Nahsonis curator at The Jewish Museum, New York. She is the author of The Art of William Steig.Maurice Bergeris senior research scholar at the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and senior fellow at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics of The New School. He is the author of White Lies: Race and the Myths of Whiteness.