Description: American Architects and Their Books 1840-1915 Essays Studies in Print Culture Good pre-owned condition. Pages are crisp and clean with no markings noticed. Light wear on cover, corners, edges and dust jacket. Please see all photos. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Since the Renaissance, architects have been authors and architecture has been the subject of publications. Architectural forms and theories are spread not just by buildings, but by the distribution of images and descriptions fed through the printing press. The study of an architect's library is an essential avenue to understanding that architect's intentions and judging his or her achievements. In this well-illustrated volume, a chronological sequel to American Architects and Their Books to 1848, twelve distinguished historians of architecture discuss from various points of view the books that inspired architects both famous and not-so-famous, and the books the architects themselves produced. They examine the multifaceted relationship of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century architects to print culture―the literary works that architects collected, used, argued over, wrote, illustrated, designed, printed, were inspired by, cribbed from, educated clients with, advertised their services through, designed libraries for, or just plain enjoyed. The result is a volume that presents the intersection of the history of architecture, the history of ideas, and the history of the book. Changes in print culture during this period had a significant impact on the architectural profession, as revealed in these well-informed scholarly essays. In addition to the editors, contributors include Jhennifer A. Amundson, Edward R. Bosley, Ted Cavanagh, Elspeth Cowell, Elaine Harrington, Michael J. Lewis, Anne E. Mallek, Daniel D. Reiff, Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., and Chris Szczesny-Adams. Among the architects discussed are A. J. Downing, Charles Sumner Greene, James Sims, Samuel Sloan, John Calvin Stevens, Thomas U. Walter, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Architecture, Language Arts & Disciplines
Publication Name: American Architects and Their Books, 1840-1915
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Item Length: 7.25 in
Subject: Landscape, Authorship, Individual Architects & Firms / General, American / General
Publication Year: 2007
Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book Ser.
Type: Textbook
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Item Height: 9.5 in
Author: Kenneth Hafertepe, James F. O'Gorman
Item Width: 1 in
Number of Pages: 303
