风景园林（景观设计）专业英语（第二版）王欣补充材料 2 part2 补充材料 04 Roberto Burle Marx.pptVIP

Roberto Burle Marx CONTENTS 1. Introduction His life Awards Major Publications 2. Appraise 4. His Paintings 3. Design Works Major Design Works Other Design Works His life 1909.8.4------Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil 1913 ------Roberto Burle Marx moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1913. 1928-----1929 He studied art in Berlin - Germany, where he was often seen at the Dahlem Botanic Gardens greenhouses. In this garden he noticed for the first time the beauty of the tropical plants and the Brazilian flora 1932------ His first landscape project was a private garden for a house designed by the Architects Lucio Costa and Gregory Warchavchik in 1932. Since then, his landscape works improved as well as his painting and drawing. 1949------he bought a 365,000m2 estate in Barra de Guaratiba, in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, where he started to organize his big collection of plants. 1947 - 1955 ------he has designed many famous private gardens . 1994------Roberto Burle Marx died in Rio de Janeiro in June 4th 1994, at the age of 84. Awards 1977 ------ He was awarded the American Society of Landscape Architects Medal. 1982 ------ He received the French Institute of Architects Gold Medal . 1985 ------ The United States awarded him the ASLA Medal Landscape Association. Major Publications The Gardens of Roberto·Burle Marx, Sagapress, Inc./Timber Press,Inc.，1991 Burle Marx: the Lyrical Landscape,Thames Hudson, 2001 Appraise “He was truly a polymath, but the thing about him that really stands out is that he regarded landscape design as an equal partner with architecture, not as a backdrop or decoration, and elevated it to that level.” ------ Said William Howard Adams, the chief curator of a Burle Marx exhibition presented at the Museum of Modern Art in 1991. “The way he synthesized art and horticulture in three-dimensional design is really quite exceptional, he truly had a painter’s eye,