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Architecture and the Esthetics of Plenty / James Marston Fitch.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1961]Copyright date: ©1961Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231903943
  • 9780231878524
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.973
LOC classification:
  • NA705 .F53
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Part I. As the Twig Is Bent -- 1. The “American” in American Architecture -- 2. The Impact of Technology -- Part II. Giants in the Land -- 3. Architects of Democracy: Jefferson and Wright -- 4. Horatio Greenough, Yankee Functionalist -- 5. Our Domesticated Utopians -- 6. The Two Men in Sullivan’s Tomb -- 7. Frank Lloyd Wright and the Fine Arts -- 8. Homage to a Hero -- 9. A Lever Long Enough: How Gropius Moved the World -- 10. Miës and the Climate of Plato -- Part III. The Field of Vision -- 11. American Pleasure Garden -- 12. Skyscraper: Skin for Its Bones -- 13. At Peace with the Past: The Unfinished Church -- 14. In Defense of the City -- Part IV. Problems of the Day -- 15. The Engineer: Friend or Foe? -- 16. The Uses of History -- 17. The Critic’s Shifting View -- 18. The Esthetics of Plenty -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Discusses how American architecture displays qualities which are distinguishable from that of the rest of the world, and that are uniquely American. Examines early American architects, city architecture, and problems facing the industry.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231878524

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Part I. As the Twig Is Bent -- 1. The “American” in American Architecture -- 2. The Impact of Technology -- Part II. Giants in the Land -- 3. Architects of Democracy: Jefferson and Wright -- 4. Horatio Greenough, Yankee Functionalist -- 5. Our Domesticated Utopians -- 6. The Two Men in Sullivan’s Tomb -- 7. Frank Lloyd Wright and the Fine Arts -- 8. Homage to a Hero -- 9. A Lever Long Enough: How Gropius Moved the World -- 10. Miës and the Climate of Plato -- Part III. The Field of Vision -- 11. American Pleasure Garden -- 12. Skyscraper: Skin for Its Bones -- 13. At Peace with the Past: The Unfinished Church -- 14. In Defense of the City -- Part IV. Problems of the Day -- 15. The Engineer: Friend or Foe? -- 16. The Uses of History -- 17. The Critic’s Shifting View -- 18. The Esthetics of Plenty -- Notes -- Index

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Discusses how American architecture displays qualities which are distinguishable from that of the rest of the world, and that are uniquely American. Examines early American architects, city architecture, and problems facing the industry.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)