The first book to focus on the urban development of Newport, Rhode Island, this is an extensively illustrated, multi-layered view of the city as both an urban entity and a cultural site of national significance.
The first book to focus on the urban development of Newport, Rhode Island, this is an extensively illustrated, multi-layered view of the city as both an urban entity and a cultural site of national significance.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John R. Tschirch is the Newport Historical Society's architectural historian and visiting curator of Urban History, He is the author of Gods and Girls: Tales of Art, Seduction and Obsession (2019) and A Walking History of Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island (Walking History of America) (2013). John is presently an instructor in design history for Rhode Island School of Design CE, which presented him with the 2010 Excellence in Teaching Award, and he is adjunct faculty in art history at Bristol Community College, where his students provide endless inspiration and amusement. He is also the creator and author of a monthly design history blog called John Stories: Confessions of the Globetrekking Architectural Historian, John Tschirch, featuring his photographs and commentary on historic places.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Dedication; Preface; Introduction: The Artful City 1 THE OLD QUARTER Washington Square, Thames Street, and Historic Hill Case Study #1: Native Americans on the Land in Rhode Island and the Arrival of the English Case Study #2: African American and Immigrant Populations in Early Newport 2 THE POINT The Intersection of Romance and Reality 3 A CITY BOTH PICTURESQUE AND GILDED Bellevue Avenue, Ochre Point, and Ocean Drive 4 VICTORIAN EXPANSION AND MODERN REINVENTION Broadway and Points North Case Study #3: George H. Norman and Newport's Urban Infrastructure 5 ROMANTIC VIEWS Artists, Writers, and Mythic Visions of Newport 6 MODERNISM MEETS HISTORIC PRESERVATION Conclusion: The Landmark City Endnotes; Bibliography; Index
Foreword; Acknowledgments; Dedication; Preface; Introduction: The Artful City 1 THE OLD QUARTER Washington Square, Thames Street, and Historic Hill Case Study #1: Native Americans on the Land in Rhode Island and the Arrival of the English Case Study #2: African American and Immigrant Populations in Early Newport 2 THE POINT The Intersection of Romance and Reality 3 A CITY BOTH PICTURESQUE AND GILDED Bellevue Avenue, Ochre Point, and Ocean Drive 4 VICTORIAN EXPANSION AND MODERN REINVENTION Broadway and Points North Case Study #3: George H. Norman and Newport's Urban Infrastructure 5 ROMANTIC VIEWS Artists, Writers, and Mythic Visions of Newport 6 MODERNISM MEETS HISTORIC PRESERVATION Conclusion: The Landmark City Endnotes; Bibliography; Index
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