Creating Central Park (Metropolitan Museum of Art) - Softcover

Morrison H. Heckscher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300136692 ISBN 13: 9780300136692

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The year 2007 marked the 150th anniversary of the design of Central Park, the first and arguably the most famous of Americas urban landscape parks. In October 1857 the new parks board of commissioners announced a public design competition, and the following April the imaginative yet practicable 'Greensward' plan submitted by Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted was selected. This book tells the fascinating story of how an extraordinary work of public art emerged from the crucible of New York City politics. From William Cullen Bryants 1844 editorial calling for 'a pleasure ground of shade and recreation' to the completion of construction in 1870, the history of Central Park is an urban epic - a tale not only of animosity, political intrigue, and desire but also of idealism, sacrifice, and genius.

About this title

About the Author

Morrison H. Heckscher is Lawrence A. Fleischman Chairman of the American Wing of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Edition details

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300136692
• ISBN 13: 9780300136692
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88