Peter J Holliday

American Arcadia

California and the Classical Tradition

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Produktbeschreibung

American Arcadia explores the innumerable ways Californians shaped their visual and social culture using models and ideals from the classical tradition

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 183mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1179g
• ISBN-13: 9780190256517
• ISBN-10: 0190256516
• Artikelnr.: 47864043

Autorenporträt

Peter J. Holliday is Professor of the History of Art and Classical Archaeology, California State University, Long Beach. Trained as an historian of classical art and archaeology, Holliday has received awards for his research and writing from the American Academy in Rome, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, J. Paul Getty Trust, Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Out of the Wilderness, Arcadia
2. Promoting "Our Italy"
3. "Calitopia:" New Models for Cities
4. Private Citizens, Public Works
5. Utopian Communities
6. Spectacles en plein air
7. Houses and Gardens before World War II
8. The Southland House as a Set
9. A "Villa in a Garden" for the Masses
10. Palaces and Patrons in the 20th Century
11. Aphrodite, Atlas, and the California Body
12. Metaphors Misconstrued
Bibliography
Illustration Credis