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From art to landscape : unleashing creativity in garden design / W. Gary Smith.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Portland : Timber Press, 2010.Description: 300 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780881929737
  • 0881929735
Other title:
  • Unleashing the creative process in garden design
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 712/.2 22
LOC classification:
  • SB472.45 .S65 2010
Contents:
Introduction. Artists' tools in garden design -- Cultivating the artist's eye. The creative self : begin with who you are -- Building a visual vocabulary : shapes, forms, and patterns -- Sketching, painting, drawing : ways of seeing -- Expanded repertoire : lessons from artists -- The garden as fine art : H.F. du Pont's Winterthur -- Designing the artful garden. Abstracting from nature : Peirce's woods at Longwood Gardens -- Interpreting sense of place : the tropical mosaic garden -- Collaboration goes wild : the New England Wild Flower Society's garden in the woods -- Fantasy and imagination : enchanted woods -- The artist's eye in the garden.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Circulating Books Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Main Collection SB472.45 .S65 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3182700021704
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction. Artists' tools in garden design -- Cultivating the artist's eye. The creative self : begin with who you are -- Building a visual vocabulary : shapes, forms, and patterns -- Sketching, painting, drawing : ways of seeing -- Expanded repertoire : lessons from artists -- The garden as fine art : H.F. du Pont's Winterthur -- Designing the artful garden. Abstracting from nature : Peirce's woods at Longwood Gardens -- Interpreting sense of place : the tropical mosaic garden -- Collaboration goes wild : the New England Wild Flower Society's garden in the woods -- Fantasy and imagination : enchanted woods -- The artist's eye in the garden.

Gift of Elizabeth McLean.

Gift of Elizabeth McLean.

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