Bok Tower Gardens
Subtitle: America's Taj Mahal
By: Kenneth Treister and David Price ; photography by Dan Forer ; foreword by Derek Bok ; epilogue by Bob Graham
Contributors: Price, David, 1959- author; Forer, Dan, photographer; Bok, Derek Curtis, writer of added commentary; Graham, Bob, 1936- writer of added commentary; Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780847841479
Subjects: Bell towers; Bok Tower Gardens (Lake Wales, Fla.); Carillons; Gardens
Notes: Includes bibliographical refrences (pages 216-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: The creation of Bok Tower Gardens. Edward William Bok : the creator ; Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. : designing a sanctuary ; Garden portfolio ; An artistic collaboration ; The tower in the garden ; The dedication : a work of national significance ; Tower portfolio; title: Pinewood Estate. The estate beautiful ; Pinewood portfolio; title: On beauty and humanistic architecture. A spirit of design ; Bok Tower Gardens : precedents and influences ; America's Taj Mahal ; "The most beautiful spot in America" ; Epilogue to Two persons ; Growth : a Spring song.