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Major, Judith K.

Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer a landscape critic in the gilded age / [electronic resource] : Judith K. Major. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (xii, 285 pages :) illustrations ;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-274) and index.

Introduction: Portraits of a lady -- The education of Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer -- A career begins -- A new field of study: landscape gardening -- Historical sketches on the art of gardening -- Traces in garden and forest -- A turning point--1893 -- While garden and forest lived -- Changes -- The aesthetics of life -- Appendix A: Garden and forest editorials and unsigned articles written by M. G. Van Rensselaer -- Appendix B: Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer chronology.

ISBN: 9780813934556 0813934559

Subjects--Personal Names:
Van Rensselaer, Schuyler, Mrs., 1851-1934.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Landscape architecture--Philosophy--History.--United States

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: SB470.53 / .M35 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 770.92