Wisdom of Place
A guide to Recovering the Sacred Origins of Landscape
$91.33
- Hardcover
231 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2023
Summary
This book aims to help readers rediscover the sacredness of the everyday landscapes around them in order to shed light on the ecological imperatives of our time.
Drawn from the union of art, nature, and metaphysics, it presents some of the myths and legends of antiquity as they might be recognized by our modern society of earth-shapers. Through word and image the authors reference the ecological and environmental concepts found at the core of traditional environmental…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781957183190 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1957183195 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Boults, Chip Sullivan |
| Publisher: | Oro Editions |
| Imprint: | Oro Editions |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 231 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2023 |
| Weight: | 788g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 190mm x 254mm |
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Critics Review
“Making a game of diving the future can be a fraught business, but in their new book, Wisdom of Place: A Guide to Recovering the Sacred Origins of Landscape (ORO Editions, 2023), Chilp Sullivan, FASLA, and Elizabeth Boults, ASLA, have created a charming new diversion. The book’s symbolic conceit is the tarot deck, which they say attracted them for “its history as a storytelling practice based on archetypes of human consciousness,” as well at the tarot’s underlying narrative, that of the “journey to enlightenment,” which they link to “our quest for a more sustainable future.” –Landscape Architecture Magazine
Elizabeth Boults
Ellizabeth Boults is a landscape architect and lecturer in human ecology at the University of California, Davis. Her areas of interest are graphic communication, site design, and landscape history, theory and criticism.
Chip Sullivan is an artist and professor of landscape architecture and environmental design at the University of California, Berkeley. Chip is recognized for his expertise in landscape representation and illustration as well as innovative, energy-conserving design.
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