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American Architects and Their Books to 1848 (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book)
Kenneth Hafertepe
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Hardcover. Since the Renaissance, books and drawings have been a primary means of communication among architects and their colleagues and clients. In this volume, 12 historians explore the use of books by architects in America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Editor(s): Hafertepe, Kenneth; O'Gorman, James F. (Grace Slack McNeil Professor of the History of American Art, Wellesley College, USA). Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book. Num Pages: 280 pages, 81 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; AM; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 184 x 21. Weight in Grams: 671.
Since the Renaissance, books and drawings have been a primary means of communication among architects and their colleagues and clients. In this volume, 12 historians explore the use of books by architects in America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period when the profession of architecture was first emerging in the United States. As architects separated themselves from amateur and gentlemen designers on the one hand and masons and carpenters on the other, members of the profession were distinguished by their ability to draw and their possession of a common body of learning gleaned from printed sources. ... Read more
Since the Renaissance, books and drawings have been a primary means of communication among architects and their colleagues and clients. In this volume, 12 historians explore the use of books by architects in America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period when the profession of architecture was first emerging in the United States. As architects separated themselves from amateur and gentlemen designers on the one hand and masons and carpenters on the other, members of the profession were distinguished by their ability to draw and their possession of a common body of learning gleaned from printed sources. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558492820
SKU
V9781558492820
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