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Dr. Kimball and Mr. Jefferson :a journey into America's architectural past /Hugh Howard.

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  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-242403

Description

xii, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm., 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.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Architecture and society History 18th century.
Architecture Historiography.
Historic preservation

Originator

Howard, Hugh, 1952-

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 ...

Publication

New York : Bloomsbury Pub.

Description

xii, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Complimentary copy, 2009.

ISBN

9781582344553 (hardcover)
1582344558 (hardcover)

Call Number

Stacks NA2543.S6 H69 2006

Other People and Orgs

Kimball, Fiske, 1888-1955.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Places

United States
United States.

Edition

1st U.S. ed.

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