Greek revival architecture in America :

Hamlin, Talbot

Greek revival architecture in America : being an account of important trends in American architecture and American life prior to the war between the states / Talbot Hamlin - Nueva York : Oxford University Press, 1944 - 439 p. : plantas, fot. byn., 17x24 cm.

Chapter 1: The background of the classic revival: "late colonial" Architecture I. The new classicism.
II. Late or post-colonial architecture.
III. Jeffersonian Classicism. Chapter 2: The birth of American Architecture. Chapter 3: American architecture comes of age. Chapter 4: The greek revival in Philadelphia. Chapter 5: The greek revival in Boston. Chapter 6: The classic revival in New York. Chapter 7: The provincial greek revival: the new england states. Chapter 8: The provincial greek revival: in the old south. Chapter 9: The provincial greek revival: the gulf coast, New Orleans, and Texas. Chapter 10: Westward ways: through the south to the Mississippi. Chapter 11: Westward ways: through the North to the pacific. Chapter 12: Why the greek rivavil succeeded, and why it failed.
I. Why the greek revival flourished.
II. Why the greek revival passed away. Appendix A: The American development of greek inspired forms. Appendix B: Some articles of architectural interest published in Amercian periodicals prior to 1851. Bibliography.


Arquitectura moderna
Historia


Nueva York (Estados Unidos)
Filadelfia (Estados Unidos)
Boston (Estados Unidos)

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