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A Clearing In The Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century: Frederich Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

Witold Rybczynski (Autor)
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Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is best remembered today as a landscape designer, well known for his plans for New York's Central Park and Prospect Park, the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and the campus of Stanford University, among other noteworthy sites.

But, writes urban studies professor and accomplished author Witold Rybczynski, Olmsted was an American original, a 19th-century success story who packed many careers and wide learning and travel into a long life. He spent time in China and Europe, managed a California gold mine, edited The Nation, commanded a medical unit in the Civil War, and crisscrossed the United States many times over, writing long reports and articles all the while. (One series of reports urged, for instance, that the then-remote Yosemite region of California be made a national park.) Olmsted, Rybczynski suggests, changed the face of America: he had a vision of the American landscape as a reflection of the national character, with its broad vistas and open skies, and he was concerned to make America's urban spaces livable, bringing "trees and greenery into the congested grid of streets." At Olmsted's urging, many American and Canadian cities adopted his system of parks, broad avenues, and greenways, which encouraged the appreciation and preservation of nature; his influence is felt today in the so-called urban ecology movement, and in dozens of public spaces across the continent.

Rybczynski's fine and illuminating biography of Olmsted shows him to have been a man of many parts, an important historical figure whose legacy remains strong nearly a century after his death. --Gregory McNamee -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .

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Rybczynski, celebrated for his sparkling prose as well as for his deep knowledge of architectural history, adeptly chronicles the life of the man who "was a landscape architect before that profession was founded." Olmsted is remembered best for New York's Central Park, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, the grounds of the U.S. Capitol, Riverside, Illinois, and Stanford University in California, and the story behind how he came to create art with earth, water, and plants is as satisfying as a walk through his brilliantly designed parks. A loner as a boy, he acquired his love of landscape during long rambles across the Connecticut countryside. Curious, independent, and articulate, he became an intrepid traveler, travel writer, vocal abolitionist, and close observer of the American temperament. He flirted with farming, turned to publishing (helping found The Nation), managed a gold mine, and, ultimately, presented views on the role of nature in American cities that remain vital today. Rybczynski allows Olmsted's belief in the edifying affects of landscape to emerge gradually within his involving account of Olmsted's extraordinarily productive life, leaving readers impressed with and grateful for Olmsted's vision and his ability to express it on such a grand and significant scale. Donna Seaman -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
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The best single piece of advice a teacher can give to a budding scholar is this: Go to the original source! On the other hand, a thorough and well-integrated biography can profitably lead one to seek the original data. In this new biography of Frederick Law Olmsted, author Witold Rybczynski creates a portrait of Olmsted few could glean from even a careful perusal of the Olmsted archives. Rybczynski traces Olmsted's life, allotting equal emphasis to Olmsted's peregrinating early career, one that meandered aimlessly through seemingly incompatible by-ways yet almost predictably emerging with him as a pioneer landscape architect.  Olmsted's career, starting in 1858 with the design of Central Park in New York City, resulted in an astounding achievement nationally, only recently being generally appreciated. New Yorkers and Brooklynites were only the early beneficiaries of his genius. Though Rybczynski credits the series, a serious reader must turn to the original materials available in the magnificent series, The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted (Johns Hopkins Press). Projected for twelve volumes, seven are now published, with an auxiliary companion volume to volume one. Additionally, there has grown up a large corpus of works about Olmsted. This new biography is a first-rate addition and a fitting place to begin a study. (Reviewed by Allan Shields in Ballast Quarterly Review, Vol 15 No 2, Winter 1999-2000. Copyright © by Allan Shields.)
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Witold Rybczynski tells the roundabout tale of how F.L. Olmsted Sr. became the dominant force in the nascent field of landscape architecture in the late 19th century. The cast of supporting characters reads as a who's who of 19th century American artists, from A.J. Downing to H.H. Richardson. All of Olmsted's major influences and landscape projects are chronicled, including great detail on Central Park, Boston's Emerald Necklace, and the Biltmore estate. After reading this book, I visited the Boston parks again and saw them for the first time as they were meant to be seen. [For more on the creation of Boston's Emerald Necklace, see Cynthia Zaitzevsky's "Frederick Law Olmsted and the Boston Park System," Belknap Pr;
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Witold Rybczynski has made Frederick Law Olmsted's life look a little easier than it must have been. This is largely caused by the laminar flow of Rybczynski's prose. We are swept through the 19th century so smoothly that even the Civil War seems like a mere rock in the stream. I have not read any of the author's other books, but his prose style here seemed to be imitating the sweeping lines in an Olmsted design. In terse introductory paragraphs the broader events of a given historical period are sketched out and then Olmsteds trajectory through them is presented in more, but not great, detail. The result of this approach is to make the reader feel both informed and curious to know more. As other reviewers have remarked and the author points out in his closing chapter, much is available. Olmsted was a pack rat who saved all his correspondence and his legacy was carried on into the middle 20th century by his son Rick, who only retired from practice in 1950.

I grew up near New York City and always considered Central Park to be a wonderful place, even in its worst times through the 60s and 70s. I am lucky enough now to live in a city with three Olmsted-designed parks (they were initiated by the old man, but designed and built by his sons). Their maintenance has been spotty, but they are still beautiful places, and I do wonder if they still have the power to civilize.

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Compassionate, intellegent writing
Reading this biography of the seminal American park planner was thrilling to this landscape professional. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 9. Januar 2000 von Paul D. West
Excellent Biography
This is a remarkable and sensitive biography of a man who has left an amazing legacy to later generations. More engaging than "City Life". Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 31. Dezember 1999 von John McDonald
A disgrace of a biography
This work, which preceded the outcry over "Dutch," attracted scant attention for its overt use of fiction. Yet it is every bit as deceptive. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 6. Dezember 1999 veröffentlicht
Good book: Watch out for the historical fiction though
The book is great, and should be read. Rybczynski's enthusiasm for this fascinating subject is infectious. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 7. Oktober 1999 veröffentlicht
Excellent, but one inexplicable omission
I thought Rybczynski's biography of F.L. Olmstead was excellent, well written and researched, and I learned so much about the brilliant and sensitive genius that was Olmstead. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 27. Juli 1999 von HTLautreck@aol.com
The model of a biography
Witold Rybczynski's A Clearing in the Distance is superb - the model of a biography. Rybcyznski's writing style is simple, straightforward, but always graceful. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 3. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
Other suggested reading--Kowsky's Country, park and City
If you find this book interesting, you might pick up a copy of Francis Kowsky's Country, Park, and City, a biography of Calvert Vaux, Frederick Law Olmsted's partner. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 29. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
A well written book about America and one person's vision
It's not just about Olmsted who is interesting by himself; it's also about American family life in the 19th century. He was unlucky (inept?) in love. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 29. Juni 1999 von tmanly@ix.netcom.com Trish Manly
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