American Arcadia [electronic resource] : California and the classical tradition / Peter J. Holliday.
Holliday, Peter James, author.
2016
F861 .H693 2016eb
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Title
American Arcadia [electronic resource] : California and the classical tradition / Peter J. Holliday.
Author
Holliday, Peter James, author.
ISBN
9780190256548 (electronic book)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190256517
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxix, 446 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190256517 doi
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F861 .H693 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
979.4
Summary
"American Arcadia explores the innumerable ways Californians shaped their visual and social culture using models and ideals from the classical tradition"-- Provided by publisher.
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Previously issued in print: 2016.
"American Arcadia explores the innumerable ways Californians shaped their visual and social culture using models and ideals from the classical tradition"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction
1. Out of the wilderness, Arcadia
2. Promoting "our Italy"
3. "Calitopia:" new models for cities
4. Private citizens, public works
5. Utopian communities
6. Spectacles en plein air
7. Houses and gardens before World War II
8. The Southland House as a set
9. A "villa in a garden" for the masses
10. Palaces and patrons in the 20th century
11. Aphrodite, Atlas, and the California body
12. Metaphors misconstrued.

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