| Apostle of Taste: Andrew Jackson Downing, 1815-1852 Contributor(s): Schuyler, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1952620252 ISBN-13: 9781952620256 Publisher: Library of American Landscape History OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Architecture | Landscape |
| Dewey: 712.092 |
| Physical Information: 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Through his many books and in the Horticulturist, the nation's first journal about landscape gardening, Andrew Jackson Downing (1815-1852) promoted a naturalistic style of landscape design as the "modern" alternative to the classical geometry of the "ancient" gardens of Italy and France. In this compelling biography, David Schuyler explores Downing's efforts to adapt English aesthetic principles to American climate and republican social institutions, delving the implicit complications of class in his prescriptions for American society. |