Author: Carl W. ConditPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
American Building Art
Author: American Building Art
Author: Carl W. ConditPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
American Building Art
Author: Carl W. ConditAmerican Building Art
Author: Carl W. ConditPublisher:
ISBN: 9780758168405
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
American Building Art
Author: Carl W. ConditPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
American Art and Architecture
Author: Michael J LewisPublisher: Thames and Hudson
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"A wide-ranging and inclusive history of American art and architecture from its seventeenth-century colonial beginnings to the latest installation and video work, this book: discusses the key artists, architects, art works, and buildings across the centuries; defines the characteristics of different periods and highlights the forms, techniques, and styles that are distinctively American; integrates discussions of works of visual art and buildings, revealing their shared social and aesthetic concerns; charts the ways in which American artists and architects both adopted and diverged from earlier European models to create their own language; and illustrates paintings, sculpture, photography, and new-media art plus dozens of building types, from colonial houses and churches to modernist and postmodernist museums, stations, and skyscrapers."--BOOK JACKET.
An American Renaissance
Author: Phillip James DoddPublisher:
ISBN: 9781864706819
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
This book, which has been painstakingly researched and beautifully photographed over many years, takes a close look at twenty of the finest examples of Beaux-Arts architecture in New York City. While showing public exteriors, its focus is on the lavish interiors that are associated with the opulence of the Gilded Age--often providing a glimpse inside buildings not otherwise viewable to the public. The pages recount not only the fascinating stories of some of New York's most famous and significant Beaux-Arts buildings, it also recalls the lives of those who commissioned, designed, and built them.
American Framing
Author: Paul AndersenPublisher: Park Publishing (WI)
ISBN: 9783038601951
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From its origins in the Midwest in the early nineteenth century, the technique of light timber framing-also known at the time as "Chicago construction"-quickly came to underwrite the territorial and ideological expansion of the United States. Softwood construction was inherently practical, as its materials were readily available and required little skill to assemble. The result was a built environment that erased typological and class distinctions: no amount of money can buy you a better 2 x 4. This fundamental sameness paradoxically underlies the American culture of individuality, unifying all superficial differences. It has been both a cause and effect of the country's high regard for novelty, in contrast with the stability that is often assumed to be essential to architecture. American Framing is a visual and textual exploration of the social, environmental, and architectural conditions and consequences of this ubiquitous form of construction. For architecture, it offers a story of an American project that is bored with tradition, eager to choose economy over technical skill, and accepting of a relaxed idea of craft in the pursuit of something useful and new-the forming of an architecture that enables architecture.
A History of American Architecture
Author: Mark GelernterPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719047275
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Why did the colonial Americans give over a significant part of their homes to a grand staircase? Why did the Victorians drape their buildings ornate decoration? And why did American buildings grow so tall in the last decades of the 19th century. This book explores the history of American architecture from prehistoric times to the present, explaining why characteristic architectural forms arose at particular times and in particular places.
American Building Art
Author: Carl W. ConditPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description