A book about beauty, joy, usefulness and history of gardens. It is also a book about the gardens of art and artists. It looks at gardens from various perspectives, leading the reader with words and pictures to the original paradise - an inspiration to artists across centuries. In addition, it offers views of its contributors’ private gardens and personal paradise, including allotment gardens and gardens of summer villas. The book also introduces gardens with cultural and historical connections, discussing their origins and plans. The works of art on show in this exhibition include paintings by Hugo Simberg, Håkan Brunberg, Anna-Liisa Hakkarainen, Aune Paulin, Kati Immonen, Martti Lehto, Fernando Botero, Ester Helenius et al. Flora Danica porcelain, tapestries, rugs all have nature in common , whether it be flowers, butterflies, trees etc. a lovely book about a lovely subject: The Garden.

Language: English/Finnish/Swedish
Pages: 183
Illustrations: 126 Color Illustrations. 15 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 11”x 9”
Binding: Hardbound with Jacket
Subcategory: Landscape Architecture
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Weight: 2.50
ISBN: 9525478696
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Location of Exhibition: Exh. Cat.: Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Fin
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Code: 5308
Condition: In Pristine Condition
Status: New

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An inspiring and beautiful book highlighting the best in landscape architecture in the post-war period. Chapters: BUILDING AND LANDSCAPE: Vertical and Horizontal: walls, steps, promontories and plateaux. Alvar Aalto, Jørn Utzon, Jørgen Bo and Frank Lloyd Wright. Stylobates and Pilotis: Architectural promenades and column foundations. Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and their disciples. SPACES AND WORKS: Russian Dance: James Rose, Garrett Eckbo, Dan Kiley and Thomas Church. Outdoor Rooms: Classical and modern orange courts and atriums. Gunnar Martinsson and his Danish peers. Built Gardens: Earth and Plantworks in the cultivated landscape. Sven Hansen, J. Palle Schmidt, C. Th. Sørensen and Ole Nørgård. Walls and water surfaces: Luis Barragán, Lawrence Halpin, Carlo Scarpa, Geoffey Jellicoe, Ernst Cramer, Egil Gabrielsen and Sigurd Lewerentz. Green Spanish Walls: Arne Jacobsen. Hedges and Groves: Morten Klint, Sven-Igvar Andersson and Jørgen Vesterholt. THE CITY LANDSCAPE: From lawn to square: Urbanization of the pastoral landscape. Monday Towns: The radiant garden city beautiful. Criticism of utopieas and formulation of a new language. CONCLUSIONS: Series and Syncopes: Morphology and syntax in the aesthetic language. From Biomorphic to Cool: Inspiration and analogy. From aesthetics to asceticism: Background and significance. Inner and Outer nature: The aesthetic language as a tool for the cultivation of nature. Sources and notes. Plans and elevations included.

Language: English
Pages: 389
Illustrations: 81 Color Illustrations. 301 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 9”sq
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Landscape Architecture
Edition:
Weight: 3.50
ISBN: 8774072579
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Location of Exhibition:
Miscellaneous: Index. Bio. Bibl.


Code: 5645
Condition: In Pristine Condition
Status: New

Price: $120.00

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Danish and Norwegian tradesmen and officials, military personnel, German missionaries and British officers with their wives and children all found their last resting place in the former Danish trading station of Tranquebar in southern India. The bereaved relatives devoted great care to the erection of monuments with long personal inscriptions for the deceased. This book presents complete documentation of the still-existing gravestones in the three Danish cemetaries in Tranquebar. It consists of descriptions and photographs of the monuments, casts and rubbings of the inscriptions, together with surveys of the cememtaries, supplemented with information about the deceased from the church registers.

Language: English/ Danish
Pages: 175
Illustrations: 121 Color Illustrations. 143 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 10 1/2” x 8 1/2”
Binding: Softbound
Subcategory: Landscape Architecture
Edition:
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 8787136457
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Location of Exhibition:
Miscellaneous: Bios. Bibl. Index.


Code: 5646
Condition: In Pristine Condition
Status: New

Price: $105.00

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