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Brown, Jane, 1938-

The modern garden / Jane Brown ; with special photography by Sofia Brignone and Alan Ward.

1st ed.

New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©2000.

223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

"The story of the modern garden has - until now - received little or no attention in the vast canon of garden literature. Jane Brown has been captivated by the secret story of the modern garden for more than a decade, mining its little-known history for revolutionary ideas and rediscovering long-lost masterpieces. Accompanying her accessible and wide-ranging text are illustrations and rarely seen historical photographs, as well as stunning contemporary photographs of eleven classic modern gardens. With today's ecological concerns and green design, the lessons of the modern garden for the twenty-first century are eminently useful. This publication weaves a rich tapestry of ideas and ideals, animated by the designers and people who dreamed them."--Jacket.

Gardens -- History -- 20th century.

Landscape architecture -- History -- 20th century.

Brignone, Sofia.

Ward, Alan, 1950-

Includes bibliographical references (page 216) and index.

Return to the oracles. De Stijl ; Le Corbusier and the French Modernists ; Erich Mendelsohn (1887-1953) ; Paul Klee (1887-1940); Fletcher Steele: Naumkeag, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA ; Gabriel Guevrekian: Villa Noailles, Hyères, France -- Britain in the 1930s. Bentley Wood (1934-38) ; Constructive art and the modern garden ; Christopher Nicholson ; St. Ann's Hill, Chertsey (1936-38) ; Christopher Tunnard (1910-79) ; Plans analysis ; Walter Gropius: Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA -- America. The East Coast: landfall ; Garrett Eckbo (b. 1910) ; Thomas Church (1902-78) ; The modern garden in prairie and desert ; Dan Kiley: Miller House, Columbus, Indiana, USA ; Roberto Burle Marx: Brazil -- Dressing the modern garden. Designer's plants ; John Nash (1893-1977): the modern artist-plantsman ; Designer's plant lists ; Concrete and other modern materials ; The wild garden and the 'Stockholm School' ; Russell Page: Vila Silvio Pellico, Turin, Italy ; Mien Ruys: Dedemsvaart, Overijssel, Netherlands -- Post-war Europe : A second flowering. Post-war Britain ; Post-war Denmark ; Pietro Porcinai: Villa Roseto, Florence, Italy ; Arne Jacobsen: St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK -- The modern garden : To be continued? Luis Barragán: Mexico ; Ludwig Gerns: Hanover, Germany.

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