Newport: The Artful City (Hardcover)

As one of the most historically intact cities in North America, Newport, Rhode Island, has a cultural and architectural heritage of national significance. Each of the city's districts has its own distinct character with street plans and buildings revealing the political, religious, commercial, and artistic forces that have shaped Newport through the ages. Stately Colonial squares and bustling wharves, picturesque Victorian villas, and scenic drives, opulent Gilded Age palaces for the few and electric streetcars for the many, preservation movements to honor the past, and modernist schemes for a metropolis of the future all tell stories of urban beauty and controversy, of eras of lavish building, urban decay, and extraordinary revival. The Artful City is a richly illustrated portrait of the city from colonial times to the present, documented and celebrated in the maps, paintings, photographs, poetry, and prose of renowned artists and writers. This work is a highly readable illustrated history of one of America's most important physical and cultural entities.

General

Imprint:	D Giles Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2020
Authors:	John R. Tschirch
Dimensions:	265 x 240 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-911282-69-3
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Historical geography Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > City & town planning - architectural aspects Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	1-911282-69-7
Barcode:	9781911282693

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