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Siftings
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Baltimore, Md. : The John Hopkins university Press, 1990
ISBN:
9780801840210

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One of Americas greatest landscape designers and conservationists, Jensen used native plants to introduce the influential Prairie style of landscape architecture. In Siftings, Jensen shares his memories of "wandering in many lands" and his life in the heart of Middle America. His recollections--like his designs--express a love of natural landscapes and regional cultures. As he sifts through a lifetime of ideas about gardens, cities, towns and parks, Jensen makes an eloquent case for a natural style of American landscape.


Author Notes

Jens Jensen (1860-1951) was one of America's most distinguished landscape architects and a pioneering conservationist. During his long and productive career, this Danish-born visionary worked for and with some of the country's most prominent citizens and architects, including Henry Ford, Louis Sullivan, and Frank Lloyd Wright.


Table of Contents

Charles E. LittleDarrel G. Morrison
Foreword: Jens Jensen and the Soul of the Native Landscapep. xi
Prefacep. xvii
Art Has Its Roots in the Soilp. 1
Early Impressionsp. 13
Environmental Influencesp. 23
Studiesp. 33
Our Native Landscapep. 39
Compositionsp. 63
Townsp. 89
The Gardenp. 101
Afterword: A Note on Jens Jensen as a Landscape Architectp. 111