"Warren H. Manning’s (1860–1938) national practice comprised more than sixteen hundred landscape design and planning projects throughout North America, from small home grounds to estates, cemeteries, college campuses, parks and park systems, and new industrial towns. Manning approached his design and planning projects from an environmental perspective, conceptualizing projects as components of larger regional (in some cases, national) sy ..."
The Muses of Gwinn(1st Edition) Art and Nature in a Garden Designed by Warren H. Manning, Charles A. Platt & Ellen Biddle Shipman by Robin S. Karson, CarolBetsch, Warren H. Manning Hardcover, 204 Pages, Published 1996 by Sagapress ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-4292-9, ISBN: 0-8109-4292-5
"The Muses of Gwinn tells the story of how this work of art was created, and still today reflects the style and economics of the United States during the early twentieth century. With its formal gardens, lawns, fountains, and pavilions on the shores of Lake Erie, Gwinn, originally the home of Cleveland industrialist William Mather, is one of the best preserved estates of the Country Place Era in America - a period from the turn of the ce ..."
"The Gardens Of Ellen Biddle Shipman tells the story of a remarkable woman who contributed much to the development of landscape design in America. Hailed as the "dean of American women landscape architects", Ellen Shipman designed over 650 gardens between 1914 and 1946. Her commissions spanned the United States from the state of Washington to Ohio and Maine, and from Long Island's Gold Coast down to Louisiana. Her clients included Fords, ..."
"Warren H. Manning’s (1860–1938) national practice comprised more than sixteen hundred landscape design and planning projects throughout North America, from small home grounds to estates, cemeteries, college campuses, parks and park systems, and new industrial towns. Manning approached his design and planning projects from an environmental perspective, conceptualizing projects as components of larger regional (in some cases, national) sy ..."
A Genius for Place(Reprint) American Landscapes of the Country Place Era by Robin S. Karson, CarolBetsch Paperback, 424 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Massachusetts Press ISBN-13: 978-1-62534-048-1, ISBN: 1-62534-048-6
"In this beautifully illustrated survey, Robin Karson traces the development of a distinctly American style of landscape design through an analysis of seven country places created by some of the nation's most talented landscape practitioners. In the mid-nineteenth century Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of New York's Central Park, developed an approach to landscape design based on the principles of the English Picturesque which also ..."
"Originally published in 1989, this book offers an insightful inquiry into the intellectual and cultural origins of Mount Auburn Cemetery, the first landscape in the United States to be designed in the picturesque style. Inspired by developments in England and France, and founded in 1831, Mount Auburn became the prototype for the "rural cemetery" movement and was an important precursor of many of America's public parks, beginning with Ne ..."
A Genius for Place(1st Edition) American Landscapes of the Country Place Era by Robin S. Karson, CarolBetsch Hardcover, 456 Pages, Published 2007 by University Of Massachusetts Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55849-636-1, ISBN: 1-55849-636-X
"In this beautifully illustrated survey, Robin Karson traces the development of a distinctly American style of landscape design through an analysis of seven country places created by some of the nation's most talented landscape practitioners. In the mid-nineteenth century Frederick Law Olmsted, the designer of New York's Central Park, developed an approach to landscape design based on the principles of the English Picturesque which also ..."
A Genius for Place American Landscapes of the Country Place Era (Paperback) by Robin Karson Paperback, 456 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Massachusetts Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-952620-21-8, ISBN: 1-952620-21-X
Winterthur Garden(1st Edition) by Denise Magnani Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 1995 by Harry N. Abrams ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-3779-6, ISBN: 0-8109-3779-4
The Winterthur Garden Henry Francis du Pont's Romance with the Land Magnani, Denise and Betsch, Carol by Denise Magnani, CarolBetsch Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2004 by Harry N. Abrams ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-9149-1, ISBN: 0-8109-9149-7
"In 181 j the two older du Pont daughters sat for portraits by Peak in Philadelphia,
and in 1831 their younger sisters, Eleuthera and Sophie, journeyed to the city to
do the same "to please Papa." As the work progressed, du Pont was persuaded ..."