Roberto Burle Marx: A Historical Context
Robert R. Harvey
Thursday, 21 Sep 2006 at 7:00 pm – Reiman Gardens Hughes Auditorium
ISU Professor Emeritus Robert Harvey will discuss the work of landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx and his role in the transition between the Gardenesque and Modernist garden movements. Marx, a Renaissance man whose passions also included botany, painting, and sculpture created gardens in his native Brazil using lush, tropical plants in an abstract artist's eye. Lecture attendees will be able to view the current Reiman Gardens Conservatory display: Roberto Burle Marx: Designing with Bromeliads before the lecture. Part of Reiman Gardens Series.Cosponsored By:
- Reiman Gardens
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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