Incidental Architect - William Thornton and the Cultural Life of Early Washington, D.c.,

Informationen zum Autor Retired diplomat Gordon S. Brown is the author of The Norman Conquest of Southern Italy and Sicily and Toussaint's Clause: The Founding Fathers and the Haitian Revolution . Klappentext While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in "Incidental Architect "Gordon S. Brown describes the intellectual and social scene of the late 1700s through the lives of a prominent couple whose cultural aspirations served as both model and mirror for the city's own." Incidental Architect "is a fascinating account of how the city's cultural and social institutions were shaped by its earliest citizens. Zusammenfassung While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in Incidental Architect Gordon S. Brown describes the intellectual and social scene of the 1790s and early 1800s through the lives of a prominent couple whose cultural aspirations served as both model and mirror for the city’s own.When

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• Authors: Gordon S. Brown
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2009
• EAN: 9780821418635
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1863-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Perspective on Art & Architect; Perspectives on Art and Archit; Perspectives on the Art and Architectural History of the United States Capitol; Perspectives on the Art and Architectural History of the United States Capitol; Perspective On Art & Architect; Perspectives on Art and Archit
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture