Landscape Design in Color : History, Theory, and Practice 1750 to Today
- Author
- Mira Engler
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Arts & Architecture
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Posits that though color and lighting effects appear natural, fleeting, and difficult to comprehend, the sensory palette of built landscapes and gardens has been carefully constructed to shape our experience and evoke meaning and place character. Landscape Design in Color: History, Theory, and Practice 1750 to Today is an inquiry into the themes, theories, and debates on color and its impact on practice in Western landscape architecture over the past three centuries.
Keywords: Architecture / Landscape / Urban & Land Use / Planning / Landscape design / Landscape design History