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Author : Thomas H. Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Williamsburg (Va.)
ISBN : UVA:X004218772
Author : Anders Greenspan
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469625676
In Creating Colonial Williamsburg, Anders Greenspan examines the restoration and re-creation of the structures and gardens of Virginia's colonial capital beginning in 1926. The restoration was undertaken by the Rockefeller family, whose aim was to promote a twentieth-century appreciation for eighteenth-century ideals. Ironically, those ideals, including democracy, individualism, and representative government, were often promoted at the expense of a more complete understanding of the town's true history. The meaning and purpose of Colonial Williamsburg has changed over time, along with America's changing social and political landscapes, making the study of this historic site a unique and meaningful entry point to understanding the shifting modern American character. In recent years, financial struggles and declining attendance forced a new interpretation of the town, extending the presentation into the period of the American Revolution, while adding new interpretive approaches such as street theater and a greater emphasis on technology. Over its eighty-year history, says Greenspan, Colonial Williamsburg has grown and matured, while still retaining its emphasis on the importance of eighteenth-century values and their application in the modern world.
Author : Gary S. Cross,John K. Walton
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Amusement parks
ISBN : 9780231127240
From 'Sodoms by the sea' at Coney Island & Blackpool to carefully orchestrated corporate entertainment, this new history compares the pursuit of pleasure on both sides of the Atlantic.
Author : Lydia Mattice Brandt
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780813939261
Over the past two hundred years, Americans have reproduced George Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation house more often, and in a greater variety of media, than any of their country’s other historic buildings. In this highly original new book, Lydia Mattice Brandt chronicles America’s obsession with the first president’s iconic home through advertising, prints, paintings, popular literature, and the full-scale replication of its architecture. Even before Washington’s death in 1799, his house was an important symbol for the new nation. His countrymen used it to idealize the past as well as to evoke contemporary--and even divisive--political and social ideals. In the wake of the mid-nineteenth century’s revival craze, Mount Vernon became an obvious choice for architects and patrons looking to reference the past through buildings in residential neighborhoods, at world’s fairs, and along the commercial strip. The singularity of the building’s trademark piazza and its connection to Washington made it immediately recognizable and easy to replicate. As a myriad of Americans imitated the building’s architecture, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association carefully interpreted and preserved its fabric. Purchasing the house in 1859 amid intense scrutiny, the organization safeguarded Washington’s home and ensured its accessibility as the nation’s leading historic house museum. Tension between popular images of Mount Vernon and the organization’s "official" narrative for the house over the past 150 years demonstrates the close and ever-shifting relationship between historic preservation and popular architecture.In existence for roughly as long as the United States itself, Mount Vernon’s image has remained strikingly relevant to many competing conceptions of our country’s historical and architectural identity.
Author : Roger W. Moss
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0471144118
The definitive volume on how paint has been used in the U.S. in the last 250 years. Eminent contributors cover the history of this medium in American buildings from the 17th century to the end of the 19th century. Contains a survey of practices and materials in England, cutting-edge techniques used by today's researchers in examining historic paints, fascinating case studies and an important chart of early American paint colors. Explains how to identify pigments and media, how to prepare surfaces for application and apply paint. Includes the chemical properties of paint with a table of paint components, plus a glossary and bibliography.
Author : Anders Greenspan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Historic buildings
ISBN : IND:30000001712110
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Vernacular architecture
ISBN : MINN:31951D02709035Y
Papers presented at various meetings of the forum.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Williamsburg (Va.)
ISBN : UVA:X002274194
Author : Dale Allen Gyure
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Arts, American
ISBN : UVA:X006111659
Author : Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)
ISBN : UOM:39015089062205
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Art
ISBN : NWU:35556018601351
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Art objects
ISBN : UVA:X002006984
Author : Charles E. Brownell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Architectural drawing
ISBN : IND:30000035426828
The long tradition of architecture in Virginia begins with the earliest structures at the Jamestown settlement in 1607, and continues today with some of the most advanced buildings yet completed anywhere. In its legendary landmarks -- Mount Vernon, Monticello, the Virginia Capitol building in Richmond, the James River plantation mansions, the Reynolds Metals headquarters building in Richmond, Washington National Airport, and Dulles International Airport -- as well as in homes, churches, stores, and office buildings across the state, Virginia's architecture is a mirror of the many expressions of America's built environments. This book invites the readers on a journey through the eye and mind of the architect, from the very drawings that give shape and form to the idea, through the tracks and traces found in long lost letters, office records, and other primary sources. You will never see the buildings around you, anywhere, in the same way again. -- From publisher's description.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015026799935
Author : Society of Architectural Historians
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015025992747
Includes special issues.