To Live in the New World: A. J. Downing and American Landscape Gardening

by Judith K. Major

Book Overview

A. J. Downing (1815-1852) wrote the first American treatise on landscape gardening. As editor of the Horticulturist and the country's leading practitioner and author, he promoted a national style of landscape gardening that broke away from European precedents and standards. Like other writers and artists, Downing responded to the intensifying demand in the nineteenth century for a recognizably American cultural expression.

To Live in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262633604
• ISBN13: 9780262633604
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher