Illustrated History of Landscape Design is a visual reference of the history of landscape design. This highly visual reference uses hundreds of pen-and-ink drawings to show how historical context and cultural connections can illuminate today's design possibilities. The book includes storyboards, case studies and visual narratives to portray spaces; plan, section and elevation drawings of key spaces; summaries of design concepts, principles and vocabularies; historic and contemporary works of art that illuminate a specific era; descriptions of how the landscape has been shaped over time in response to human need.
Softcover.