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Born in Switzerland, Jacob Weidenmann emigrated to the United States in 1856 at the age of twenty-seven after obtaining college-level diplomas in art, architecture, and engineering. The only landscape architect in America so educated, Weidenmann quickly gained a reputation for his excellent design and brilliant solutions to complex engineering and architectural challenges. He developed an important collaboration with Frederick Law Olmsted and became a leading innovator in the field, helping to set standards and design principles for the profession. Based on four decades of research by author Rudy J. Favretti, this is the first comprehensive biography of this major artist, covering his life and career in-depth, and illuminating Weidenmann's importance in defining his profession for future practitioners. Featuring over fifty illustrations, this oversized volume places Jacob Weidenmann in the context of his time, place, and art, and locates him in the pantheon of nineteenth-century designers.
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"Written with clarity and intelligence, Favretti's deeply informed and lavishly illustrated volume is utterly fascinating. This wonderfully textured portrait of Weidenmann is a book that every student of landscape architecture needs to read. An absolute gem." - Wendell Garrett, Senior Vice President, Americana, at Sotheby's and editor-at-large, The Magazine Antiques "Professor Favretti has given substance and significance to Jacob Weidenmann - one of the small group that Frederick Law Olmsted considered prime practitioners of his art, and the person who was his valued collaborator during a full decade of practice." - Charles E. Beveridge, series editor, The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted"
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RUDY J. FAVRETTI, Fellow, American Society of Landscape Architects, specializes in landscape history and preservation, and is professor emeritus, University of Connecticut. He is the author of eleven books on various aspects of landscape design and planning, agricultural history, and local history.
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- PublisherCedar Hill Cemetery Foundation distributed by Wesleyan University Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0819568473
- ISBN 13 9780819568472
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages196
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated. The first full biography of a groundbreaking landscape architectWinner of the Ruth Emery Award by the Victorian Society of America (2008)Born in Switzerland, Jacob Weidenmann emigrated to the United States in 1856 at the age of twenty-seven after obtaining college-level diplomas in art, architecture, and engineering. The only landscape architect in America so educated, Weidenmann quickly gained a reputation for his excellent design and brilliant solutions to complex engineering and architectural challenges. He developed an important collaboration with Frederick Law Olmsted and became a leading innovator in the field, helping to set standards and design principles for the profession. Based on four decades of research by author Rudy J. Favretti, this is the first comprehensive biography of this major artist, covering his life and career in-depth, and illuminating Weidenmann's importance in defining his profession for future practitioners. Featuring over fifty illustrations, this oversized volume places Jacob Weidenmann in the context of his time, place, and art, and locates him in the pantheon of nineteenth-century designers. Seller Inventory # SONG0819568473
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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A FINE, bright, clean, tight, scholar/collector-worthy copy sans flaws. PROLIFICALLY ILLUSTRATED in black-and-white and full-color photography, drawings, and landscape plans with accompanying descriptive captions. "For over a century, Jacob Weidenmann's eminence as a landscape architect has been veiled in a cloud of obscurity. One reason for this regrettable void is that his career was entwined with those of several other practitioners of the nineteenth century, particularly that of his famous friend, Frederick Law Olmsted. Scholars have found difficulty in disentangling these relationships, and in determining which of them can be credited to Weidenmann. Favretti has achieved this mission after many years of arduous research." 192 pages. "This volume presents an account of Weidenmann's life (1829-1893) with particular emphasis on his distinguished career." NOTE: Due to the size and weight of the book additional shipping cost may be requested/required for EXPEDITED and OUT-OF-U.S. shipment in accordance with destination. LBCMD1. Seller Inventory # 010049
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