Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson : rediscovering the founding fathers of American architecture / Hugh Howard.
2006
NA2543.S6 H69 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson : rediscovering the founding fathers of American architecture / Hugh Howard.
Author
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
ISBN
9781582344553
1582344558
1582344558
Publication Details
New York : Bloomsbury Pub. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2006.
Language
English
Description
xii, 305 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
NA2543.S6 H69 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
720.973
Summary
Includes information on Charles Bulfinch, classicism, Charles Louis Clerisseau, Elenora Coolidge, Maria Hadfield Cosway, Derby Mansion, Federal Hall (New York), Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Monticello, Andrea Palladio, Charles Willson Peale, Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton, U.S. Capitol, Virginia State Capitol, University of Virginia, George Washington, etc.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-291) and index.
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Table of Contents
Kimball's first discovery ...
An artisan becomes an architect ...
An American in Paris ...
Creating the federal city ...
Mr. Latrobe comes to America ...
The seasons of Monticello ...
Meanwhile, in Massachusetts ...
Monumental controversies ...
Travels in time ...
An artisan becomes an architect ...
An American in Paris ...
Creating the federal city ...
Mr. Latrobe comes to America ...
The seasons of Monticello ...
Meanwhile, in Massachusetts ...
Monumental controversies ...
Travels in time ...