A Guide to the Sculpture Parks and Gardens of America - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Guide to the Sculpture Parks and Gardens of America write by Jane McCarthy. This book was released on 1996. A Guide to the Sculpture Parks and Gardens of America available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sculpture parks and gardens in America are a relatively recent development dating back to the 1930s with the establishment of Brookgreen in South Carolina. This is the first guide to 85 sculpture gardens and over 120 other sculpture attractions in America from the recently opened Kykuit, at the Rockefeller Estate in Tarrytown, New York, to the fabulous Hirshchorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC. The world's greatest sculptors, Rodin, Calder, Noguchi, Moore, Oldenburg and countless others are on display at these various sites. In addition, a wide range of America's most eccentric folk art is described. Anyone who loves art and wants to know where best to find it, will find this a most valuable guidebook.
Art Parks
Art Parks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Art Parks write by Francesca Cigola. This book was released on 2013-05-14. Art Parks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Whether located in the heart of a metropolis such as Chicago or on sprawling fields in the countryside, sculpture parks and gardens have become increasingly popular destinations for art and nature lovers alike. These art parks offer visitors a unique opportunity to interact with large-scale works designed for quiet contemplation in natural landscapes. Art Parks is the first comprehensive guide to North America's most important outdoor sculpture parks. Parks are divided into chapters thematically and by region, with four maps that locate parks within each geographic area. Each of the fifty-seven locations—from large-scale parks in the countryside to small urban gardens and corporate sculpture collections—is described in detail and beautifully photographed. With its handy flexibind format, it is equally at home in the traveler's backpack or on the sculpture lover's side table.
Landscapes for Art
Landscapes for Art - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Landscapes for Art write by Glenn Harper. This book was released on 2008. Landscapes for Art available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sculpture parks and gardens, whether woodland sanctuaries or urban retreats, sprawling sites or intimate oases, offer sculpture lovers and artists alike unique ways to experience the outdoors, sculpture, and the intersections between nature and culture. Since the mid-20th century, these venues have become important tourist destinations and essential aspects of public life in cities such as Chicago, Minneapolis, and Seattle and regions such as Yorkshire in England and the Hudson Highlands in New York. Landscapes for Art: Contemporary Sculpture Parks surveys a wide range of sculpture parks and gardens that focus on contemporary art--from well-established, museum-type institutions to small-scale, non-collecting, experimental programs. The book includes profiles of sculpture parks in the U.S., U.K., Japan, Australia, Lithuania, China, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Belgium, India, Latvia, Sweden, and Finland (among others). There are articles on key topics by art critics, landscape architects, and sculpture park professionals and interviews with Isamu Noguchi, Martin Friedman, and Alfio Bonanno.
Glorious Shade
Glorious Shade - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Glorious Shade write by Jenny Rose Carey. This book was released on 2017-04-19. Glorious Shade available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Turn a shady yard into a sumptuous garden Shade is one of the most common garden situations homeowner’s have, but with the right plant knowledge, you can triumph over challenging areas and learn to embrace shade as an opportunity instead of an obstacle. Glorious Shade celebrates the benefits of shade and shows you how to make the most of it. This information-rich, hardworking guide is packed with everything you need to successfully garden in the shadiest corners of a yard. You'll learn how to determine what type of shade you have and how to choose the right plants for the space. The book also shares the techniques, design and maintenance tips that are key to growing a successful shade garden. Stunning color photographs offer design inspiration and reveal the beauty of shade-loving plants.
Hidden Gardens of Paris
Hidden Gardens of Paris - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hidden Gardens of Paris write by Susan Cahill. This book was released on 2012-04-10. Hidden Gardens of Paris available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Featuring 40 parks, squares and woodlands, posh and plain, both in Paris and surrounds, Cahill's illustrated guide will lead you off the beaten track to areas of Paris you might not otherwise encounter.
