| Description |
xx, 769 p. : Colour Photos, Grayscale Illustration ; 29 cm. |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Note |
© 2006 The Johns Hopkins University Press. |
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This book has been brought to publication with the generous assistance of The American Philosophical Society; The Architectural History Foundation; The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation; The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts; The J. M. Kaplan Fund; Mississippi State University and its College of Architecture, Art and Design; The National Endowment for the Arts; The National Endowment for the Humanities; The National Trust for Historic Preservation; and The University of Cincinnati. |
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Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper. |
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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Reinterpreting Latrobe -- Learning the Profession... Latrobe in the London Office of Samuel Pepys Cockerell -- Hammerwood and Ashdown... Latrobe's English Country Houses and the Architectural Avant-Garde of the 1790s -- Reinventing the American House... An Overview of Latrobe's Design Theories and Architectural Practice in a New Country -- Houses for the Virginia Landed Gentry (1795-1798) ... Latrobe's First Explorations of the American Context -- Practice in Philadelphia (1798-1807) ... Designs for a Merchant Elite, Countryseats in Maryland and Ohio, and the Emergence of the Rational House -- A Capital City and an Expanding Democracy (1807-1815) ... Houses in Washington, D.C., Kentucky, and Pittsburgh -- Last Houses (1815-1820) ... Latrobe' Final Years in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and New Orleans -- Some Perspectives on an Architect's Career... -- Preservation History of Latrobe's Houses and Notes on the Vicissitudes of the Avant-Garde.... |
| Credits |
Book design by Robert L. Wiser, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
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Frontispiece. Portrait of Benjamin Henry Latrobe by Charles Willson Peale (White House Collection; courtesy of White House Historical Association) |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2021. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. Published 2006. |
| Subject |
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Architecture, Domestic -- United States.
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Architecture, Domestic -- England.
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Architecture, United States -- 18th century.
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Architecture, United States -- 19th century.
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Architecture, England -- 18th century.
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Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820.
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Snadon, Patrick Alexander, 1952-
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Architectural History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
9780801881046 hardcover |
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0801881048 hardcover |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb33814 hdl |
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