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Review: Depositions: Roberto Burle Marx and Public Landscapes under Dictatorship, by Catherine Seavitt Nordenson

2019; University of California Press; Volume: 78; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1525/jsah.2019.78.4.488

2150-5926

Laura Belik,

Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis

Book Review| December 01 2019 Review: Depositions: Roberto Burle Marx and Public Landscapes under Dictatorship, by Catherine Seavitt Nordenson Catherine Seavitt NordensonDepositions: Roberto Burle Marx and Public Landscapes under DictatorshipAustin: University of Texas Press, 2018, 336 pp., 20 maps, 161 b/w illus. $45 (cloth), ISBN 9781477315736 Laura Belik Laura Belik University of California, Berkeley Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2019) 78 (4): 488–489. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2019.78.4.488 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Laura Belik; Review: Depositions: Roberto Burle Marx and Public Landscapes under Dictatorship, by Catherine Seavitt Nordenson. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 December 2019; 78 (4): 488–489. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2019.78.4.488 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search Roberto Burle Marx is well known for his innovative, abstract, tropical modernist landscape designs, and for his advocacy in protecting Brazil's natural landscapes and exotic flora. His first commission, completed in 1932 with the architects Gregori Warchavchik and Lúcio Costa, marked the beginning of his many collaborations with Costa and, later, Oscar Niemeyer. Burle Marx's designs are widely admired and have influenced many subsequent landscape designers around the world. His work has been celebrated in numerous exhibitions, including recent shows at the Museum of Brazilian Sculpture in São Paulo and the Jewish Museum in New York. Catherine Seavitt Nordenson's Depositions: Roberto Burle Marx and Public Landscapes under Dictatorship interrogates Burle Marx's legacy, exploring the nuances of his role as a designer, conservationist, and public figure working under Brazil's dictatorial military government, which lasted from 1964 until 1985. Nordenson analyzes eighteen position papers, or depositions, that Burle Marx presented and published... You do not currently have access to this content.