The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted: The Formative Years, 1822-1852

by Frederick Law Olmsted

Historians, landscape architects, conservationists, city planners, students, and citizens' groups continue to turn to Olmsted for ideas about the development and conservation of green spaces in urban areas.

"The park throughout is a single work of art, and as such, subject to the primary law of every work of art, namely, that it shall be framed upon a single, noble motive, to which the design of all its parts, in some more or less...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801817986
• ISBN13: 9780801817984
• Release Date: May 1977
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher