Title & Author:

Drawing toward building : Philadelphia architectural graphics, 1732-1986 / James F. O'Gorman [and others].

Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Published for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts by the University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986.

Description:

xvi, 295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Oct. 9, 1986-Jan. 4, 1987.
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-290).
The Philadelphia architectural drawing in its historical context: an overview /James F. O'Gorman -- Early American architectural drawings and Philadelphia, 1730-1860 / Jeffrey A. Cohen -- Pecksniffs ad perspectives: the changing role of the drawing in the architectural profession after the Civil War / George E. Thomas -- Philadelphia phoenix: postwar civic renaissance and the Philadelphia school / G. Holmes Perkins -- The competition: "architectural drawings: an invitation to exhibit."

ISBN:

0812280423 (alk. paper)
9780812280425 (alk. paper)
0943836069 (Pa. Academy of the Fine Arts ; pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780943836065 (Pa. Academy of the Fine Arts ; pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architectural drawing Pennsylvania Philadelphia Exhibitions.
Architectural rendering Pennsylvania Philadelphia Exhibitions.
Rendu d'architecture Pennsylvanie Philadelphie Expositions.
Architectural drawing
Architectural rendering
Pennsylvania Philadelphia

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

O'Gorman, James F.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 97098
Call No.: NA2706.U6 D68 (ID:86-B19230)
Copy: c. 1
Notes: hardcover
Status: Available

Location: Library main 97099
Call No.: NA2706.U6 D68 (ID:86-B19230)
Copy: c. 2
Notes: paperback
Status: Available