Friday, June 1, 2012

A Picture Speaks Four Hundred Years


Was reading the thesis of my boss, Colin Okashimo, and I came across this diagram created by him. I think it's a very good picture of what's been going on in landscape architecture history, while also showing us what periods or art movements correspond to the pieces of history. A gem of a diagram!

The full thesis can be found here   
It's titled 'Art as A Contemplative Place, with reference to Isamu Noguchi's sited works'. Truthfully, I am still in the middle of digesting it, but to me it gives a very good example of analyzing landscape works through narrative, and also the thought processes of an artist and landscape architect in designing with a specific objective: creating contemplative places.