| Long Island Landscapes and the Women Who Designed Them Contributor(s): Zaitzevsky, Cynthia (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0393731243 ISBN-13: 9780393731248 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $67.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2009 Annotation: An account of eminent women landscape architects who flourished in the golden age of country estates. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | History - General - Architecture | Landscape - Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008018539 |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 9.3" W x 12.22" (3.57 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This beautiful book covers in depth the work of six designers Beatrix Farrand, Martha Hutcheson, Marian Coffin, Ellen Shipman, Ruth Dean, and Annette Hoyt Flanders and looks at a dozen other less-well-known women. It focuses on the Long Island projects that constituted a large part of their work and brings these pioneering women to life as people and as professionals. |
Contributor Bio(s): Zaitzevsky, Cynthia: - Cynthia Zaitzevsky teaches at Harvard University and lives in Newton, Massachusetts. |