Author: John Albury Bryan
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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Missouri's Contribution to American Architecture
Author: John Albury Bryan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 376
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The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri
Author: Charles Van Ravenswaay
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826217004
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Many Germans who immigrated to America in the nineteenth century settled in the lower Missouri River valley between St. Charles and Boonville, Missouri. In this magnificent book, which includes some six hundred photographs and drawings, Charles van Ravenswaay examines that immigration--who came, how, and why--and surveys the distinctive Missouri-German architecture, art, and crafts produced in the towns or on the farms of the rural counties of Cooper, Cole, Osage, Gasconade, Franklin, Montgomery, Warren, and St. Charles from the 1830s until the closing years of the century. As the immigrants sought to transplant their native culture to the Missouri backwoods, the compromises they were forced to make with conditions in Missouri produced many fascinating and individualistic structures and objects. They built half-timbered, stone, and brick houses and barns with designs reflecting the traditions of the many German regions from which the builders emigrated. The author's far-reaching study of immigrants' arts and crafts included furniture in traditional peasant designs as well as the Biedermeier and eclectic styles, redware and stoneware pottery, textiles, wood and stone carving, metalwares, firearms, baskets, musical instruments, prints, and paintings and identifies craftsmen working in all of these fields. One chapter is devoted to the objects the immigrants brought with them from the Old World. Added to this new printing of The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri is a touching and informative introduction by Adolf E. Schroeder. Schroeder's long friendship with Charles van Ravenswaay allows him to reflect on the vast contributions this author made to our knowledge of Missouri's German culture. Everyone interested in architecture, crafts, or Missouriana will find this book indispensable as they savor van Ravenswaay's excellent presentation of the craftsmen and their products against the background of the aspirations and folkways of a distinctive culture.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826217004
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Many Germans who immigrated to America in the nineteenth century settled in the lower Missouri River valley between St. Charles and Boonville, Missouri. In this magnificent book, which includes some six hundred photographs and drawings, Charles van Ravenswaay examines that immigration--who came, how, and why--and surveys the distinctive Missouri-German architecture, art, and crafts produced in the towns or on the farms of the rural counties of Cooper, Cole, Osage, Gasconade, Franklin, Montgomery, Warren, and St. Charles from the 1830s until the closing years of the century. As the immigrants sought to transplant their native culture to the Missouri backwoods, the compromises they were forced to make with conditions in Missouri produced many fascinating and individualistic structures and objects. They built half-timbered, stone, and brick houses and barns with designs reflecting the traditions of the many German regions from which the builders emigrated. The author's far-reaching study of immigrants' arts and crafts included furniture in traditional peasant designs as well as the Biedermeier and eclectic styles, redware and stoneware pottery, textiles, wood and stone carving, metalwares, firearms, baskets, musical instruments, prints, and paintings and identifies craftsmen working in all of these fields. One chapter is devoted to the objects the immigrants brought with them from the Old World. Added to this new printing of The Arts and Architecture of German Settlements in Missouri is a touching and informative introduction by Adolf E. Schroeder. Schroeder's long friendship with Charles van Ravenswaay allows him to reflect on the vast contributions this author made to our knowledge of Missouri's German culture. Everyone interested in architecture, crafts, or Missouriana will find this book indispensable as they savor van Ravenswaay's excellent presentation of the craftsmen and their products against the background of the aspirations and folkways of a distinctive culture.
A History of Missouri
Author: Richard Stewart Kirkendall
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826215604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1352
Book Description
This interpretation of Missouri's history from the end of World War I until the return of Harry Truman to the state after his presidency describes the turbulent political, economic, and social changes experienced by Missouri's people during those years.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
ISBN: 9780826215604
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1352
Book Description
This interpretation of Missouri's history from the end of World War I until the return of Harry Truman to the state after his presidency describes the turbulent political, economic, and social changes experienced by Missouri's people during those years.
Houses of Missouri, 1870-1940
Author: Cydney Millstein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780926494541
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Offers a detailed tour behind the facades of 45 Missouri houses, with nearly 300 archival photographs, drawings, and original floor plans.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780926494541
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Offers a detailed tour behind the facades of 45 Missouri houses, with nearly 300 archival photographs, drawings, and original floor plans.
The American Architect
Author:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Missouri
Author: Best Books on
Publisher: Best Books on
ISBN: 1623760240
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 763
Book Description
compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri with a new foreword by Charles van Ravenswaay and a new introduction by Howard Wight Marshall and Walter A. Schroeder.
Publisher: Best Books on
ISBN: 1623760240
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 763
Book Description
compiled by workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Missouri with a new foreword by Charles van Ravenswaay and a new introduction by Howard Wight Marshall and Walter A. Schroeder.
Three American Architects
Author: James F. O'Gorman
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226620725
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
''Discusses the individual and collective achievement of the three American architects.''--
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226620725
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
''Discusses the individual and collective achievement of the three American architects.''--
Kansas City, Missouri
Author: George Ehrlich
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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The WPA Guide to Missouri
Author: Federal Writers' Project
Publisher: Trinity University Press
ISBN: 1595342230
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The WPA Guide to the Show-Me State of Missouri literally shows the reader the virtues of this lovely region, by including vivid pictures of Art Deco skyscrapers in downtown Kansas City, farm scenes, the Ozark Mountains, and the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. It includes historical essays about the influence of these rivers on the state as well as Missouri’s important role in the American Civil War.
Publisher: Trinity University Press
ISBN: 1595342230
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 540
Book Description
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states. Little-known authors—many of whom would later become celebrated literary figures—were commissioned to write these important books. John Steinbeck, Saul Bellow, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ralph Ellison are among the more than 6,000 writers, editors, historians, and researchers who documented this celebration of local histories. Photographs, drawings, driving tours, detailed descriptions of towns, and rich cultural details exhibit each state’s unique flavor. The WPA Guide to the Show-Me State of Missouri literally shows the reader the virtues of this lovely region, by including vivid pictures of Art Deco skyscrapers in downtown Kansas City, farm scenes, the Ozark Mountains, and the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. It includes historical essays about the influence of these rivers on the state as well as Missouri’s important role in the American Civil War.
Architectural Record
Author:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description