Author: Thomas H. TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Williamsburg (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
The Williamsburg Restoration and Its Reception by the American Public, 1926-1942
Author: Thomas H. TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Williamsburg (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Creating Colonial Williamsburg
Author: Anders GreenspanPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469625679
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In Creating Colonial Williamsburg, Anders Greenspan examines the restoration and re-creation of the structures and gardens of Virginia's colonial capital beginning in 1926. The restoration was undertaken by the Rockefeller family, whose aim was to promote a twentieth-century appreciation for eighteenth-century ideals. Ironically, those ideals, including democracy, individualism, and representative government, were often promoted at the expense of a more complete understanding of the town's true history. The meaning and purpose of Colonial Williamsburg has changed over time, along with America's changing social and political landscapes, making the study of this historic site a unique and meaningful entry point to understanding the shifting modern American character. In recent years, financial struggles and declining attendance forced a new interpretation of the town, extending the presentation into the period of the American Revolution, while adding new interpretive approaches such as street theater and a greater emphasis on technology. Over its eighty-year history, says Greenspan, Colonial Williamsburg has grown and matured, while still retaining its emphasis on the importance of eighteenth-century values and their application in the modern world.
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Research Review
Author: The Playful Crowd
Author: Gary S. CrossPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231127243
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
From 'Sodoms by the sea' at Coney Island & Blackpool to carefully orchestrated corporate entertainment, this new history compares the pursuit of pleasure on both sides of the Atlantic.
Colonial Williamsburg Research Collections in Microform
Author: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
First in the Homes of His Countrymen
Author: Lydia Mattice BrandtPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813939267
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Over the past two hundred years, Americans have reproduced George Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation house more often, and in a greater variety of media, than any of their country’s other historic buildings. In this highly original new book, Lydia Mattice Brandt chronicles America’s obsession with the first president’s iconic home through advertising, prints, paintings, popular literature, and the full-scale replication of its architecture. Even before Washington’s death in 1799, his house was an important symbol for the new nation. His countrymen used it to idealize the past as well as to evoke contemporary--and even divisive--political and social ideals. In the wake of the mid-nineteenth century’s revival craze, Mount Vernon became an obvious choice for architects and patrons looking to reference the past through buildings in residential neighborhoods, at world’s fairs, and along the commercial strip. The singularity of the building’s trademark piazza and its connection to Washington made it immediately recognizable and easy to replicate. As a myriad of Americans imitated the building’s architecture, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association carefully interpreted and preserved its fabric. Purchasing the house in 1859 amid intense scrutiny, the organization safeguarded Washington’s home and ensured its accessibility as the nation’s leading historic house museum. Tension between popular images of Mount Vernon and the organization’s "official" narrative for the house over the past 150 years demonstrates the close and ever-shifting relationship between historic preservation and popular architecture.In existence for roughly as long as the United States itself, Mount Vernon’s image has remained strikingly relevant to many competing conceptions of our country’s historical and architectural identity.
Paint in America
Author: Roger W. MossPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471144113
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The definitive volume on how paint has been used in the U.S. in the last 250 years. Eminent contributors cover the history of this medium in American buildings from the 17th century to the end of the 19th century. Contains a survey of practices and materials in England, cutting-edge techniques used by today's researchers in examining historic paints, fascinating case studies and an important chart of early American paint colors. Explains how to identify pigments and media, how to prepare surfaces for application and apply paint. Includes the chemical properties of paint with a table of paint components, plus a glossary and bibliography.
Colonial Revival in America
Author: Dale Allen GyurePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arts, American
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
A Shrine to the American Faith
Author: Anders GreenspanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vernacular architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Papers presented at various meetings of the forum.