Author: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Colonial
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Colonial Architecture and Other Early American Arts
Early American Houses. a Glossary of Colonial Architectural Terms
Author: N.M. Isham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America
Author: James D. Kornwolf
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801859861
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Incorporating more than 3,000 illustrations, Kornwolf's work conveys the full range of the colonial encounter with the continent's geography, from the high forms of architecture through formal landscape design and town planning. From these pages emerge the fine arts of environmental design, an understanding of the political and economic events that helped to determine settlement in North America, an appreciation of the various architectural and landscape forms that the settlers created, and an awareness of the diversity of the continent's geography and its peoples. Considering the humblest buildings along with the mansions of the wealthy and powerful, public buildings, forts, and churches, Kornwolf captures the true dynamism and diversity of colonial communities - their rivalries and frictions, their outlooks and attitudes - as they extended their hold on the land.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801859861
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Incorporating more than 3,000 illustrations, Kornwolf's work conveys the full range of the colonial encounter with the continent's geography, from the high forms of architecture through formal landscape design and town planning. From these pages emerge the fine arts of environmental design, an understanding of the political and economic events that helped to determine settlement in North America, an appreciation of the various architectural and landscape forms that the settlers created, and an awareness of the diversity of the continent's geography and its peoples. Considering the humblest buildings along with the mansions of the wealthy and powerful, public buildings, forts, and churches, Kornwolf captures the true dynamism and diversity of colonial communities - their rivalries and frictions, their outlooks and attitudes - as they extended their hold on the land.
Re-creating the American Past
Author: Richard Guy Wilson
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813923482
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Although individually and collectively Americans have many histories, the dominant view of our national past focuses on the colonial era. The reasons for this are many and complex, touching on stories of the country's origins and of the founding fathers, the privileged position in history granted the thirteen original colonies, and the ways in which the nation has adjusted to change and modernity. But no matter the cause, the result is obvious: images and forms derived from and related to America's colonial past are the single most popular form of cultural expression. Often conceived solely in architectural terms, from the red-brick and white-trimmed buildings that recall eighteenth-century James River estates to the clapboarded saltboxes that recall early New England, Colonial Revival is in fact better understood as a process of remembering. In Re-creating the American Past, architectural historian Richard Guy Wilson and a host of other scholars examine how and why Colonial Revival has persisted in modern times. The volume contains essays that explore Colonial Revival expressions in architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, decorative arts, and painting and sculpture, as well as the social, intellectual, and cultural background of the phenomena. Based on the University of Virginia's landmark 2000 conference "The Colonial Revival in America," Re-creating the American Past is a comprehensive and handsome volume that recovers the origins, characteristics, diversity, and significance of the Colonial Revival, situating it within the broader history of American design, culture, and society.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813923482
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Although individually and collectively Americans have many histories, the dominant view of our national past focuses on the colonial era. The reasons for this are many and complex, touching on stories of the country's origins and of the founding fathers, the privileged position in history granted the thirteen original colonies, and the ways in which the nation has adjusted to change and modernity. But no matter the cause, the result is obvious: images and forms derived from and related to America's colonial past are the single most popular form of cultural expression. Often conceived solely in architectural terms, from the red-brick and white-trimmed buildings that recall eighteenth-century James River estates to the clapboarded saltboxes that recall early New England, Colonial Revival is in fact better understood as a process of remembering. In Re-creating the American Past, architectural historian Richard Guy Wilson and a host of other scholars examine how and why Colonial Revival has persisted in modern times. The volume contains essays that explore Colonial Revival expressions in architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, decorative arts, and painting and sculpture, as well as the social, intellectual, and cultural background of the phenomena. Based on the University of Virginia's landmark 2000 conference "The Colonial Revival in America," Re-creating the American Past is a comprehensive and handsome volume that recovers the origins, characteristics, diversity, and significance of the Colonial Revival, situating it within the broader history of American design, culture, and society.
Colonial Architecture in America
Author: Robert Bartlett Harmon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Early American Houses and A Glossary of Colonial Architectural Terms
Author: Norman Morrison Isham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Colonial
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Colonial
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
Early American Architecture
Author: Hugh Morrison
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486254925
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Comprehensive survey of domestic and public architecture ranges from primitive cabins to Greek Revival mansions of the early 1800s. Nearly 500 illustrations. "Entertaining, vigorous, and clearly written." ? The New York Times.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486254925
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Comprehensive survey of domestic and public architecture ranges from primitive cabins to Greek Revival mansions of the early 1800s. Nearly 500 illustrations. "Entertaining, vigorous, and clearly written." ? The New York Times.
Early American Houses
Author: Norman M. Isham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Early American Houses
Author: Norman Morrison Isham
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486460355
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Explore the homes and architecture of 17th-century early America in this fascinating treasury of photographs and illustrations. Original floor plans and sketches abound, partnered with detailed descriptions that breathe life into each construction. A Glossary of Colonial Architectural Terms is included, providing definitions for everything from "arch" to "wainscot." 120 illustrations, 33 plates.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486460355
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Explore the homes and architecture of 17th-century early America in this fascinating treasury of photographs and illustrations. Original floor plans and sketches abound, partnered with detailed descriptions that breathe life into each construction. A Glossary of Colonial Architectural Terms is included, providing definitions for everything from "arch" to "wainscot." 120 illustrations, 33 plates.
The Monograph Series
Author: Russell Fenimore Whitehead
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Vols. 18-26 issued in Pencil points. At Yale these pages are detached and classified with v. 1-17 of the Monograph series.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Vols. 18-26 issued in Pencil points. At Yale these pages are detached and classified with v. 1-17 of the Monograph series.