Although individually and collectively Americans have many
histories, the dominant view of our national past focuses on the
colonial era. The reasons for this are many and complex, touching
on stories of the country's origins and of the founding fathers,
the privileged position in history granted the thirteen original
colonies, and the ways in which the nation has adjusted to change
and modernity. But no matter the cause, the result is obvious:
images and forms derived from and related to America's colonial
past are the single most popular form of cultural expression.
Often conceived solely in architectural terms, from the
red-brick and white-trimmed buildings that recall
eighteenth-century James River estates to the clapboarded saltboxes
that recall early New England, Colonial Revival is in fact better
understood as a process of remembering. In Re-creating the American
Past, architectural historian Richard Guy Wilson and a host of
other scholars examine how and why Colonial Revival has persisted
in modern times. The volume contains essays that explore Colonial
Revival expressions in architecture, landscape architecture,
historic preservation, decorative arts, and painting and sculpture,
as well as the social, intellectual, and cultural background of the
phenomena.
Based on the University of Virginia's landmark 2000 conference
"The Colonial Revival in America," "Re-creating the American Past"
is a comprehensive and handsome volume that recovers the origins,
characteristics, diversity, and significance of the Colonial
Revival, situating it within the broader history of American
design, culture, and society.
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