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Isaiah Rogers
James F. O'Gorman
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Description for Isaiah Rogers
Paperback. Based largely on famous architect Isaiah Rogers's own diary, this book tells his story and adds much to our understanding of architectural practice in the United States before the Civil War and during the last half of the 19th century. Num Pages: 366 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AMB; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 635.
When Isaiah Rogers died in 1869, the Cincinnati Daily Times noted that “in his profession he was, perhaps, better known than any other person in the country.” Yet until now there has been no study that fully examines his remarkable, influential, and instructive career. Based largely on Rogers’s own diary, this book tells his story and adds much to our understanding of architectural practice in the United States before the Civil War.
In 1944 the distinguished historian Talbot Hamlin wrote of New York’s Merchant Exchange (1836–42) that the building had “been so grandly conceived, so simply and directly planned, ... Read more
When Isaiah Rogers died in 1869, the Cincinnati Daily Times noted that “in his profession he was, perhaps, better known than any other person in the country.” Yet until now there has been no study that fully examines his remarkable, influential, and instructive career. Based largely on Rogers’s own diary, this book tells his story and adds much to our understanding of architectural practice in the United States before the Civil War.
In 1944 the distinguished historian Talbot Hamlin wrote of New York’s Merchant Exchange (1836–42) that the building had “been so grandly conceived, so simply and directly planned, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
Number of Pages
366
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781625341228
SKU
V9781625341228
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Ref
99-15
About James F. O'Gorman
James F. O'Gorman is Grace Slack McNeil Professor Emeritus in the Wellesley College Department of Art and a widely acclaimed lecturer, historian, and author of numerous books, including Accomplished in All Departments of Art: Hammatt Billings of Boston, 1818–1874 (University of Massachusetts Press, 1998).
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