The Gilded Life of Richard Morris Hunt: Architecture and Art for an American Civilization - Hardcover
by Sam Watters
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sam Watters, Michael Froio (Photographer)Publish date:2024-10-29Pages:312
Language:EnglishPublisher:GilesISBN-13:9781913875817ISBN-10:1913875814UPC:9781913875817Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:Artists, Architects, Photographers, Individual Architects & Firms, BuildingsBook Topic:ResidentialSize:10.30 x 7.80 x 1.20 inchesWeight:3.1526Product ID:SCVC7CJGBW
The Gilded Life of Richard Morris Hunt: Architecture and Art for an American Civilization
The illustrated story of the life and times of architect Richard Morris Hunt, his forty-year career, and his impact on American culture after the Civil War.
Celebrated internationally in the nineteenth century as America's premier architect, Richard Morris Hunt (1827-1895) is best known for his opulent Gilded Age Vanderbilt mansions, including Biltmore, the Breakers, Marble House, and other...
Language:EnglishPublisher:GilesISBN-13:9781913875817ISBN-10:1913875814UPC:9781913875817Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:Artists, Architects, Photographers, Individual Architects & Firms, BuildingsBook Topic:ResidentialSize:10.30 x 7.80 x 1.20 inchesWeight:3.1526Product ID:SCVC7CJGBW
Sam Watters lectures and writes about forces that shaped American art, architecture, and landscape before World War II. An author of numerous books, columns, and essays, his first volume in association with the Library of Congress, Gardens for a Beautiful America 1895-1935: Photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston (2012), won the Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Literature Award. He...
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