Waterfall

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Brian Hudson explores the many myths and legends waterfalls have inspired in cultures ranging from Native American to Celtic and Indian, and how they have been depicted in art, literature, film, and music. He also examines their influence on architecture and landscape design, as manmade waterfalls begin to be a staple of parks, gardens, and backyard landscaping.

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Full title :Waterfall / Brian J. Hudson.

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Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Reaktion books
Place of Publication:London, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (248 pages) : : illustrations (chiefly color)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781299191259, 1299191258
oclc:on1084656433
LC Classification:N8261.W28
Dewey Decimal:551.484

Waterfall lovers and waterfalling -- Waterfalls : birth, life and death -- The allure of waterfalls -- The beautiful, the sublime and the picturesque -- Waterfalls of passion, fountains of love -- Paradise and the hereafter -- Waterfalls and the creative mind : literature and art -- Waterfalls and the creative mind : new directions -- The designed landscape -- Power and human settlements -- Waterfalls and tourism -- Waterfalls lost, despoiled and threatened.