Andrew Jackson Downing Essential Texts Paperback by Andrew Jackson Downing

Product Details

• Publisher: WW Norton (2012-06-19)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 304 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780393733594
• Item Weight: 535.25 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

A collection of essential writings by the father of landscape architecture and the urban park movement in the United States.

Andrew Jackson Downing (1815–1852), a much-sought-after designer, influential writer, and editor of The Horticulturist, was an internationally known shaper of opinion. Robert Twombly has selected thirty-three essays on Architecture and Building, Landscape Gardening, Parks and Other Public Places, Village Beautification, Horticulture, and Agricultural Education, and provides an introduction to Downing’s life and work and suggestions for further reading.

About the Author

Robert Twombly teaches at the Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College, New York City. He lives in West Nyack, New York.