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xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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- Campus planning United States History.,
- College buildings United States Design and construction History.,
- Universities and colleges Social aspects United States.,
- Universities and colleges United States Design and construction History.,
- Campus Planification États-Unis Histoire.,
- Universités États-Unis Conception et construction Histoire.,
- Universités Aspect social États-Unis.,
- Universities and colleges Design and construction,
- Campus planning,
- College buildings Design and construction,
- Universities and colleges Social aspects,
- Architektur,
- Campus,
- Geschichte,
- Universiteitsgebouwen.,
- United States,
- USA,
- History
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New York : Architectural History Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1984.
New York : Architectural History Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1984.
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Campus : an American planning tradition / Paul Venable Turner.
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xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
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New York : Architectural History Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1984.
New York : Architectural History Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1984.
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- Campus planning United States History.,
- College buildings United States Design and construction History.,
- Universities and colleges Social aspects United States.,
- Universities and colleges United States Design and construction History.,
- Campus Planification États-Unis Histoire.,
- Universités États-Unis Conception et construction Histoire.,
- Universités Aspect social États-Unis.,
- Universities and colleges Design and construction,
- Campus planning,
- College buildings Design and construction,
- Universities and colleges Social aspects,
- Architektur,
- Campus,
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Outhouses by famous architects / text and renderings by Steve Schaecher ; preface by I.P. Daley.
Outhouses by famous architects / text and renderings by Steve Schaecher ; preface by I.P. Daley.
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1 volume (63 pages, 1 unnumbered page) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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1 volume (63 pages, 1 unnumbered page) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
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- Architecture History Humor.,
- Outhouses Caricatures and cartoons.,
- American wit and humor.,
- Architecture Histoire Humour.,
- Humour américain.,
- Architecture.,
- Outhouses.,
- Wit and Humor.,
- Caricature.,
- Writings.,
- humor.,
- caricatures.,
- illustrated books.,
- Caricatures.,
- Caricatures and cartoons.,
- History.,
- Humor.,
- Illustrated works.,
- Humour.,
- Ouvrages illustrés.
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San Francisco : Pomegranate, [2000], ©2000
San Francisco : Pomegranate, [2000], ©2000
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Outhouses by famous architects / text and renderings by Steve Schaecher ; preface by I.P. Daley.
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1 volume (63 pages, 1 unnumbered page) : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Outhouses by famous architects / text and renderings by Steve Schaecher ; preface by I.P. Daley.
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San Francisco : Pomegranate, [2000], ©2000
San Francisco : Pomegranate, [2000], ©2000
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- Architecture History Humor.,
- Outhouses Caricatures and cartoons.,
- American wit and humor.,
- Architecture Histoire Humour.,
- Humour américain.,
- Architecture.,
- Outhouses.,
- Wit and Humor.,
- Caricature.,
- Writings.,
- humor.,
- caricatures.,
- illustrated books.,
- Caricatures.,
- Caricatures and cartoons.,
- History.,
- Humor.,
- Illustrated works.,
- Humour.,
- Ouvrages illustrés.
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Lynchburg, an architectural history / S. Allen Chambers, Jr. ; with photographs by Richard Cheek.
Lynchburg, an architectural history / S. Allen Chambers, Jr. ; with photographs by Richard Cheek.
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xiv, 576 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
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xiv, 576 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
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- Architecture Virginia Lynchburg.,
- Buildings Virginia Lynchburg.,
- Architecture Virginie Lynchburg.,
- Constructions Virginie Lynchburg.,
- Architecture.,
- Buildings.,
- Lynchburg (Va.) Buildings, structures, etc.,
- Virginia Lynchburg.,
- United States, Virginia, Lynchburg (Independent City) History.
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Charlottesville : Published for the Sarah Winston Henry Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by the University Press of Virginia, 1981.
Charlottesville : Published for the Sarah Winston Henry Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by the University Press of Virginia, 1981.
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Lynchburg, an architectural history / S. Allen Chambers, Jr. ; with photographs by Richard Cheek.
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xiv, 576 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
Lynchburg, an architectural history / S. Allen Chambers, Jr. ; with photographs by Richard Cheek.
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xiv, 576 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
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Charlottesville : Published for the Sarah Winston Henry Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by the University Press of Virginia, 1981.
Charlottesville : Published for the Sarah Winston Henry Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities by the University Press of Virginia, 1981.
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- Architecture Virginia Lynchburg.,
- Buildings Virginia Lynchburg.,
- Architecture Virginie Lynchburg.,
- Constructions Virginie Lynchburg.,
- Architecture.,
- Buildings.,
- Lynchburg (Va.) Buildings, structures, etc.,
- Virginia Lynchburg.,
- United States, Virginia, Lynchburg (Independent City) History.
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The college years.
The college years.
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509 pages illustrations 26 cm
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509 pages illustrations 26 cm
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- John Addington Symonds -- Anthony Wood -- John of Garland -- Geoffrey Chaucer -- Jonathan Swift -- Benjamin Franklin -- Thomas Jefferson Hogg -- Van Wyck Brooks -- Sidney Forman -- Lincoln Steffens -- O. Henry -- Christian Gauss -- Irwin Edman -- Helen Waddell.,
- George Boas -- George Milburn -- Max Shulman -- Thomas Wolfe -- Simeon Strunsky -- Irwin Edman -- J.S. Stevenson -- Robert Penn Warren -- Sloane Wilson -- James Reid Parker -- Randolph Bourne -- Ogden Nash -- Sinclair Lewis -- Sylvan Karchmer -- Robert Benchley.,
- Virgil Scott -- Edmund Person -- Grantland Rice -- Anonymous -- Oliver La Farge -- Ellis Parker Butler -- S.J. Perelman -- Walter Bernstein -- George Martin Lane -- J.P. Marquand -- Katharine Brush -- Robert Benchley -- Herbert Gold -- Richard M. Dorson -- Ruth McKenney -- Owen Johnson -- George Ade -- Morris Bishop -- Bob Cooke -- Shirley Jackson -- Damon Runyon -- Anonymous.,
- Francis Bacon -- John Milton -- Danel Defoe -- Robert Louis Stevenson -- Henry Adams -- T.H. Huxley -- John Henry Newman -- Stephen Leacock -- Sir William Osler -- Finley Peter Dunne -- H.L. Mencken -- Gerald W. Johnson -- Weston La Barre -- Henry Morton Robinson.,
- Stephen Vincent Benet -- James Thurber -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- Henry Seidel Canby -- Heywood Brown -- John Monk Saunders -- E.B. White -- William Makepeace Thackeray -- O.O. McIntyre -- Edmund Wilson -- Alexander Woollcott -- Bernard de Voto -- John Muir -- Gene Markey -- F. Scott Fitzgerald.,
- Spectorsky, A. C. (Auguste C.), 1910-1972,
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- American literature.,
- English literature.,
- Students United States.,
- American literature Literary collections.,
- English literature Literary collections.,
- Étudiants États-Unis Anthologies.,
- Littérature américaine Anthologies.,
- Littérature anglaise Anthologies.,
- Littérature américaine.,
- Littérature anglaise.,
- Students,
- United States,
- humor.,
- Literary collections,
- Humor,
- Dust jackets (Binding),
- Dust jackets.,
- Humour.
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New York, Hawthorn Books [1958]
New York, Hawthorn Books [1958]
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New York, Hawthorn Books [1958]
New York, Hawthorn Books [1958]
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- John Addington Symonds -- Anthony Wood -- John of Garland -- Geoffrey Chaucer -- Jonathan Swift -- Benjamin Franklin -- Thomas Jefferson Hogg -- Van Wyck Brooks -- Sidney Forman -- Lincoln Steffens -- O. Henry -- Christian Gauss -- Irwin Edman -- Helen Waddell.,
- George Boas -- George Milburn -- Max Shulman -- Thomas Wolfe -- Simeon Strunsky -- Irwin Edman -- J.S. Stevenson -- Robert Penn Warren -- Sloane Wilson -- James Reid Parker -- Randolph Bourne -- Ogden Nash -- Sinclair Lewis -- Sylvan Karchmer -- Robert Benchley.,
- Virgil Scott -- Edmund Person -- Grantland Rice -- Anonymous -- Oliver La Farge -- Ellis Parker Butler -- S.J. Perelman -- Walter Bernstein -- George Martin Lane -- J.P. Marquand -- Katharine Brush -- Robert Benchley -- Herbert Gold -- Richard M. Dorson -- Ruth McKenney -- Owen Johnson -- George Ade -- Morris Bishop -- Bob Cooke -- Shirley Jackson -- Damon Runyon -- Anonymous.,
- Francis Bacon -- John Milton -- Danel Defoe -- Robert Louis Stevenson -- Henry Adams -- T.H. Huxley -- John Henry Newman -- Stephen Leacock -- Sir William Osler -- Finley Peter Dunne -- H.L. Mencken -- Gerald W. Johnson -- Weston La Barre -- Henry Morton Robinson.,
- Stephen Vincent Benet -- James Thurber -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- Henry Seidel Canby -- Heywood Brown -- John Monk Saunders -- E.B. White -- William Makepeace Thackeray -- O.O. McIntyre -- Edmund Wilson -- Alexander Woollcott -- Bernard de Voto -- John Muir -- Gene Markey -- F. Scott Fitzgerald.,
- Spectorsky, A. C. (Auguste C.), 1910-1972,
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- American literature.,
- English literature.,
- Students United States.,
- American literature Literary collections.,
- English literature Literary collections.,
- Étudiants États-Unis Anthologies.,
- Littérature américaine Anthologies.,
- Littérature anglaise Anthologies.,
- Littérature américaine.,
- Littérature anglaise.,
- Students,
- United States,
- humor.,
- Literary collections,
- Humor,
- Dust jackets (Binding),
- Dust jackets.,
- Humour.
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171 pages illustrations, plans 26 cm
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171 pages illustrations, plans 26 cm
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- Architecture United States.,
- Romanticism in art.,
- Architecture, American.,
- Architecture américaine.,
- Romantisme dans l'art.,
- Architecture États-Unis.,
- Architecture,
- United States
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New York, A.S. Barnes [1965]
New York, A.S. Barnes [1965]
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Romanticism and American architecture.
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171 pages illustrations, plans 26 cm
Romanticism and American architecture.
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171 pages illustrations, plans 26 cm
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New York, A.S. Barnes [1965]
New York, A.S. Barnes [1965]
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- Architecture United States.,
- Romanticism in art.,
- Architecture, American.,
- Architecture américaine.,
- Romantisme dans l'art.,
- Architecture États-Unis.,
- Architecture,
- United States
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1 atlas (224 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm
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1 atlas (224 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm
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- by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Garnette Cadogan, Valeria Luiselli, Joe Boyd, Will Butler, Mirissa Neff, Teju Cole, Margo Jefferson, and Barry Lopez -- by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro -- by Astra Taylor -- by Luc Sante -- by Daniel Aldana Cohen -- by Heather Smith -- by Paul La Farge -- by Sheerly Avni ; by Joel Dinerstein -- by Gaiutra Bahadur -- by Rebecca Solnit -- by Garnette Cadogan ; by Rebecca Solnit -- by Alexandra Y. Vazquez -- by Marshall Berman ; by Jonathan Tarleton -- by Lucy R. Lippard -- by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro -- by Thomas J. Campanella ; by Francisco Goldman -- by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts -- by Emily Raboteau -- by Garnette Cadogan -- by Suketu Mehta -- by Christina Zanfagna -- by Thomas J. Campanella.,
- Roy, Molly,,
- Campanella, Richard,,
- Henrick, Chris,,
- Solnit, Rebecca,,
- Jelly-Schapiro, Joshua,
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- Human geography New York (State) New York Maps.,
- Human geography,
- Manners and customs,
- New York (N.Y.) Maps.,
- New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs Maps.,
- New York (State) New York,
- Maps.,
- atlases.,
- Atlases,
- Atlas.,
- Cartes géographiques.
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016], ©2016
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016], ©2016
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Nonstop metropolis : a New York City atlas / editors, Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro ; cartographer, Molly Roy ; additional cartographers, Richard Campanella, Chris Henrick.
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1 atlas (224 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm
Nonstop metropolis : a New York City atlas / editors, Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro ; cartographer, Molly Roy ; additional cartographers, Richard Campanella, Chris Henrick.
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1 atlas (224 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016], ©2016
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016], ©2016
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- by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Garnette Cadogan, Valeria Luiselli, Joe Boyd, Will Butler, Mirissa Neff, Teju Cole, Margo Jefferson, and Barry Lopez -- by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro -- by Astra Taylor -- by Luc Sante -- by Daniel Aldana Cohen -- by Heather Smith -- by Paul La Farge -- by Sheerly Avni ; by Joel Dinerstein -- by Gaiutra Bahadur -- by Rebecca Solnit -- by Garnette Cadogan ; by Rebecca Solnit -- by Alexandra Y. Vazquez -- by Marshall Berman ; by Jonathan Tarleton -- by Lucy R. Lippard -- by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro -- by Thomas J. Campanella ; by Francisco Goldman -- by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts -- by Emily Raboteau -- by Garnette Cadogan -- by Suketu Mehta -- by Christina Zanfagna -- by Thomas J. Campanella.,
- Roy, Molly,,
- Campanella, Richard,,
- Henrick, Chris,,
- Solnit, Rebecca,,
- Jelly-Schapiro, Joshua,
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- Human geography New York (State) New York Maps.,
- Human geography,
- Manners and customs,
- New York (N.Y.) Maps.,
- New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs Maps.,
- New York (State) New York,
- Maps.,
- atlases.,
- Atlases,
- Atlas.,
- Cartes géographiques.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm
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- Davis, Lynn, 1944-,
- Davis, Lynn (Photographin),
- Architectural photography United States.,
- Monuments United States Pictorial works.,
- Photographie d'architecture États-Unis.,
- Monuments États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.,
- Architectural photography,
- Monuments,
- Architektur,
- Fotografie,
- United States,
- USA,
- illustrated books.,
- Illustrated works,
- Ouvrages illustrés.
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New York : Monacelli Press, 2004.
New York : Monacelli Press, 2004.
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American monument / Lynn Davis ; introduction by Witold Rybczynski.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm
American monument / Lynn Davis ; introduction by Witold Rybczynski.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 27 cm
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New York : Monacelli Press, 2004.
New York : Monacelli Press, 2004.
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- Davis, Lynn, 1944-,
- Davis, Lynn (Photographin),
- Architectural photography United States.,
- Monuments United States Pictorial works.,
- Photographie d'architecture États-Unis.,
- Monuments États-Unis Ouvrages illustrés.,
- Architectural photography,
- Monuments,
- Architektur,
- Fotografie,
- United States,
- USA,
- illustrated books.,
- Illustrated works,
- Ouvrages illustrés.
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The perfect house : a journey with the Renaissance master Andrea Palladio / Witold Rybczynski.
The perfect house : a journey with the Renaissance master Andrea Palladio / Witold Rybczynski.
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xvii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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xvii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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- Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.,
- Palladio, Andrea 1508-1580,
- Palladio, Andrea.,
- Architecture, Renaissance Italy.,
- Architects Italy Biography.,
- Architectes Italie Biographies.,
- Architects,
- Architecture, Renaissance,
- Villa,
- Architektur,
- Renaissance,
- Villa's.,
- Invloed.,
- Italy,
- Reisebericht.,
- Writings.,
- Biographies.
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New York : Scribner, ©2002.
New York : Scribner, ©2002.
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The perfect house : a journey with the Renaissance master Andrea Palladio / Witold Rybczynski.
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xvii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
The perfect house : a journey with the Renaissance master Andrea Palladio / Witold Rybczynski.
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xvii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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New York : Scribner, ©2002.
New York : Scribner, ©2002.
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- Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.,
- Palladio, Andrea 1508-1580,
- Palladio, Andrea.,
- Architecture, Renaissance Italy.,
- Architects Italy Biography.,
- Architectes Italie Biographies.,
- Architects,
- Architecture, Renaissance,
- Villa,
- Architektur,
- Renaissance,
- Villa's.,
- Invloed.,
- Italy,
- Reisebericht.,
- Writings.,
- Biographies.
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xxiii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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xxiii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- Landscapes in art.,
- Art, American.,
- English literature History and criticism.,
- Paysages dans l'art.,
- Art américain.,
- Littérature anglaise Histoire et critique.,
- English literature,
- Literature,
- Landschaft,
- Landschaftsmalerei,
- Literatur,
- Paysage Dans l'art.,
- Paysage États-Unis.,
- Art Etats-Unis Thèmes, motifs.,
- Landschaft (Motiv),
- United States In art.,
- United States In literature.,
- United States,
- USA,
- États-Unis Dans l'art.,
- États-Unis Dans la littérature.,
- Arts Special subjects: North America Landscape,
- Aufsatzsammlung.,
- works of art.,
- Art,
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.,
- Œuvres d'art.
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
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Views of American landscapes / edited by Mick Gidley and Robert Lawson-Peebles.
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xxiii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Views of American landscapes / edited by Mick Gidley and Robert Lawson-Peebles.
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xxiii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.
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- Landscapes in art.,
- Art, American.,
- English literature History and criticism.,
- Paysages dans l'art.,
- Art américain.,
- Littérature anglaise Histoire et critique.,
- English literature,
- Literature,
- Landschaft,
- Landschaftsmalerei,
- Literatur,
- Paysage Dans l'art.,
- Paysage États-Unis.,
- Art Etats-Unis Thèmes, motifs.,
- Landschaft (Motiv),
- United States In art.,
- United States In literature.,
- United States,
- USA,
- États-Unis Dans l'art.,
- États-Unis Dans la littérature.,
- Arts Special subjects: North America Landscape,
- Aufsatzsammlung.,
- works of art.,
- Art,
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.,
- Œuvres d'art.
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Résumé:
In 1999, historians at the Virginia Historical Society acquired three curiously bound volumes of drawings and documents created between 1821 and 1858 by a long — and unjustifiably — forgotten architect named Thomas R. Blackburn. Further inspection revealed that these were, in fact, no ordinary documents, but a unique window onto the life of a distinguished builder and(...)
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In 1999, historians at the Virginia Historical Society acquired three curiously bound volumes of drawings and documents created between 1821 and 1858 by a long — and unjustifiably — forgotten architect named Thomas R. Blackburn. Further inspection revealed that these were, in fact, no ordinary documents, but a unique window onto the life of a distinguished builder and(...)
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In Jefferson's shadow : the architecture of Thomas R. Blackburn
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In 1999, historians at the Virginia Historical Society acquired three curiously bound volumes of drawings and documents created between 1821 and 1858 by a long — and unjustifiably — forgotten architect named Thomas R. Blackburn. Further inspection revealed that these were, in fact, no ordinary documents, but a unique window onto the life of a distinguished builder and his revered master : Thomas Jefferson. In these extraordinary books, we find Blackburn, at first a young carpenter, engaged in the construction of Jefferson's famed "academical village" at the University of Virginia. He simultaneously embarked on an ambitious program of architectural study, guided, it appears, by Jefferson himself. The drawings he executed in the four decades that followed — extraordinary ink and watercolor explorations of his many residential and civic commissions — bear witness to his emergence as a mature and prolific architect in his own right. "In Jefferson's shadow" is a unique document of the relationship between an unknown but highly skilled country builder and the American statesman widely considered this nation's first gentleman architect. But it is also an indispensable resource on the little-understood practice of architecture in the early and mid-nineteenth century.
In Jefferson's shadow : the architecture of Thomas R. Blackburn
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In 1999, historians at the Virginia Historical Society acquired three curiously bound volumes of drawings and documents created between 1821 and 1858 by a long — and unjustifiably — forgotten architect named Thomas R. Blackburn. Further inspection revealed that these were, in fact, no ordinary documents, but a unique window onto the life of a distinguished builder and his revered master : Thomas Jefferson. In these extraordinary books, we find Blackburn, at first a young carpenter, engaged in the construction of Jefferson's famed "academical village" at the University of Virginia. He simultaneously embarked on an ambitious program of architectural study, guided, it appears, by Jefferson himself. The drawings he executed in the four decades that followed — extraordinary ink and watercolor explorations of his many residential and civic commissions — bear witness to his emergence as a mature and prolific architect in his own right. "In Jefferson's shadow" is a unique document of the relationship between an unknown but highly skilled country builder and the American statesman widely considered this nation's first gentleman architect. But it is also an indispensable resource on the little-understood practice of architecture in the early and mid-nineteenth century.
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août 2006, New York
août 2006, New York
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Architecture, monographies
Architecture, monographies
