Siftings

Erscheinungsjahr 1990
ISBN: 978-0-8018-4021-0
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

Reihe: American Land Classics

One of Americas greatest landscape designers and conservationists, Jensen used native plants to introduce the influential Prairie style of landscape architecture. In Siftings, Jensen shares his memories of "wandering in many lands" and his life in the heart of Middle America. His recollections—like his designs—express a love of natural landscapes and regional cultures. As he sifts through a lifetime of ideas about gardens, cities, towns and parks, Jensen makes an eloquent case for a natural style of American landscape.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jensen, Jens

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: Jens Jensen and the Soul of the Native Landscape
Preface
Chapter 1. Art Has its Roots in the Soil
Chapter 2. Early Impressions
Chapter 3. Environmental Influences
Chapter 4. Studies
Chapter 5. Our Native Landscape
Chapter 6. Compositions
Chapter 7. Towns
Chapter 8. The Garden
Afterword: A Note on Jens Jensen as a Landscape Architect

Über Autor(innen)

Jensen, Jens
Jens Jensen (1860–1951) was one of America's most distinguished landscape architects and a pioneering conservationist. During his long and productive career, this Danish-born visionary worked for and with some of the country's most prominent citizens and architects, including Henry Ford, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright.