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First in the Homes of His Countrymen
Lydia Mattice Brandt
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Description for First in the Homes of His Countrymen
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 49 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMX; HBJK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Over the past two hundred years, Americans have reproduced George Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation house more often, and in a greater variety of media, than any of their country’s other historic buildings. In this highly original new book, Lydia Mattice Brandt chronicles America’s obsession with the first president’s iconic home through advertising, prints, paintings, popular literature, and the full-scale replication of its architecture.
Even before Washington’s 1799 death, his house was an important symbol for the new nation. His countrymen used it to idealize the past as well as to evoke contemporary--and even divisive--political and social ideals. In the ... Read more
Over the past two hundred years, Americans have reproduced George Washington’s Mount Vernon plantation house more often, and in a greater variety of media, than any of their country’s other historic buildings. In this highly original new book, Lydia Mattice Brandt chronicles America’s obsession with the first president’s iconic home through advertising, prints, paintings, popular literature, and the full-scale replication of its architecture.
Even before Washington’s 1799 death, his house was an important symbol for the new nation. His countrymen used it to idealize the past as well as to evoke contemporary--and even divisive--political and social ideals. In the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813939254
SKU
V9780813939254
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About Lydia Mattice Brandt
Lydia Mattice Brandt is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of South Carolina.
Reviews for First in the Homes of His Countrymen
This is a fascinating book, executed with sensitivity and imagination. Brandt has done a substantial amount of original research and has used this material very effectively in placing the famed plantation house in a fresh perspective.–Richard Longstreth, George Washington University, editor of Housing Washington: Two Centuries of Tradition Residential Development and Planning in the National Capital Area.