History of landscape architecture

An example is the extensive work by André Le Nôtre for King Louis XIV of France at the Palace of Versailles.

Olmsted and a man named George Oskar gave a different slant to the meaning of 'landscape architecture', using the term to describe the whole professional task of designing a composition of planting, landform, water, paving and other structures.

Olmsted and Vaux then in 1863 adopted landscape architect as a professional title and used it to describe their work for the planning of urban park systems.

[5] Olmsted's project for the Emerald Necklace in Boston was widely admired and led to the use of landscape architect as a professional title[6] in Europe, initially by Patrick Geddes and Thomas Mawson.

Many of the examples are parks and gardens but the book also includes the layout of temples, towns, forests and other projects concerned with 'shaping the environment'.

Almost timeless are the fine arts media of charcoal sketch, oil paint, watercolor, pen and ink drawing, sculpture, and etching.

Those were joined by: print-making; by film photography for prints, slides, and movies; collage and built-up layered images; model making, and other techniques.

Since the late 20th century the introduction of computers, numerous formatting uses for scanning and printing, the wide array of options with digital technology for drawing, images and site videos; and the nearly infinite reach of the internet have revolutionized how to explore and interact to share creative intent.