| Longue Vue House and Gardens: The Architecture, Interiors, and Gardens of New Orleans' Most Celebrated Estate Contributor(s): Davey, Charles (Author), Reese, Carol M. (Author), Freeman, Tina (Photographer) |
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ISBN: 0847846512 ISBN-13: 9780847846511 Publisher: Skira Rizzoli OUR PRICE: $58.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Buildings - Landmarks & Monuments - Architecture | Landscape - House & Home | Design & Construction |
| Dewey: 728.370 |
| LCCN: 2015933490 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 10.1" W x 11.7" (4.05 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The stunning interiors and glorious gardens of New Orleans's unrivaled jewel and architectural masterpiece. Longue Vue House and Gardens, accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and listed as a national historic landmark, was designed and built between 1934 and 1942 by landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman and architects Charles and William Platt for Edgar Bloom and Edith Rosenwald Stern, New Orleans's foremost mid-twentieth-century philanthropists and civil-rights activists. The mansion and its surrounding eight acres of garden spaces, with varied designs ranging from the formal to the wild, draw upon Southern architectural traditions and native Louisiana flora, even as they echo the contemporaneous garden-design movement that set the stage for the creation of some of the most breathtaking garden estates in the country. Lush photography, supporting architectural drawings, and an informative text bring the main house and gardens to life and establish the estate as an enduring symbol to its creators' contributions to building a just society. |