Kerry Dean Carso

Follies in America

A History of Garden and Park Architecture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"This book examines historicized buildings known as "follies," including temples, summerhouses, towers, and ruins, from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration in 1876"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 196mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781501755934
• ISBN-10: 1501755935
• Artikelnr.: 61215906

Autorenporträt

Kerry Dean Carso is Professor of Art History at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She is the author of American Gothic Art and Architecture in the Age of Romantic Literature. Follow her on X @kerrydeancarso.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The English Landscape Garden in America
2. Temples: Neoclassicism and the Nation
3. Summerhouses: Nature Meets Culture
4. Towers: The Belvedere and the Panoptic Sublime
5. Ruins: The Nineteenth-Century Delight in Decay
Conclusion