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ABC of Architecture is an accessible, nontechnical introduction to
architectural structure, history, and criticism. Author James F.
O'Gormon moves seamlessly from a discussion of the most basic
inspiration for architecture (the need for shelter from the
elements), to an exploration of space, system, and material, and,
finally, to an examination of the language and history of
architecture. He shows the nonspecialist how to read a design in
plans, sections, and elevations, and how architects, like other
artists, make creative use of space and light.
A celebration of the American painter's life and work in the region
he loved best In 1883 American artist Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
moved his studio from New York City to Prouts Neck, a slip of
coastline just south of Portland, Maine. Here, over the course of
twenty-five years, Homer produced his most celebrated and
emotionally powerful paintings, which often depicted the dramatic
views and storm-strewn skies around his home. Homer's influence and
the Prouts Neck area would have a profound effect on the rise of a
new American modernism, inspiring the artists who followed him.
This beautifully illustrated catalogue celebrates Homer's legacy at
Prouts Neck, and documents the Portland Museum of Art's six-year
conservation project to preserve the Winslow Homer Studio, the
former carriage house in which Homer lived and worked. Photographs
of the studio and site, never before open to the public, highlight
views that are recognizable as the subject of so many of Homer's
paintings. Essays by leading scholars examine his iconic
masterpieces; his artistic development in Prouts Neck; the
architecture of his studio; his relationship to French painting;
and the full range of his marine paintings. Published in
association with the Portland Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule:
Portland Museum of Art(09/22/12-12/30/12)
This book reconstructs the career of Hammatt Billings, one of the
most prolific and versatile artists of the nineteenth century.
Skilled in a wide range of media, Billings designed furniture,
statuary, monuments, architecture, and public and private gardens.
He was a painter in both oils and watercolors, a portraitist, and
an illustrator whose drawings appeared in the original American
editions of Uncle Tom's Cabin and Little Women. Although Billings
worked for many private patrons, he was also very much a public
artist, giving visible form to the popular celebrations of his era.
He designed fireworks displays for the Boston Common, decorated
buildings in times of public celebration and mourning, laid out
plans for a variety of fairs and festivals, and created floats for
parades. Extensively illustrated and meticulously researched, this
book recovers the work of an enormously talented man and makes it
clear that no discussion of nineteenth-century Boston or American
culture can be complete without a consideration of Billings's
contributions.
O'Gorman discusses the individual and collective achievement of the
recognized trinity of American architecture: Henry Hobson
Richardson (1838-86), Louis Sullivan (1856-1924), and Frank Lloyd
Wright (1867-1959). He traces the evolution of forms created during
these architects' careers, emphasizing the interrelationships among
them and focusing on the designs and executed buildings that
demonstrate those interrelationships. O'Gorman also shows how each
envisioned the building types demanded by the growth of
nineteenth-century cities and suburbs--the downtown skyscraper and
the single-family home.
[A] brilliant analysis . . . a major contribution to our
understanding of the beginnings of modern American
architecture."--David Hamilton Eddy, "Times Higher Education
Supplement,"
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, and so beautifully
detailed . . . [that] the whole was welded inextricably into one
powerful organic conception that shows Rogers as a great architect
in the fullest sense of the word." Rogers's Tremont House in Boston
has been called the world's first modern hotel; it spawned many
progeny, from his first Astor House in New York to his Burnet House
in Cincinnati and beyond. Rogers designed buildings from Maine to
Georgia and from Boston to Chicago to New Orleans, supervising
their construction while traveling widely to procure materials and
workmen for the job. He finished his career as Architect of the
Treasury Department during the Civil War. In this richly
illustrated volume, James F. O'Gorman offers a deft portrait of an
energetic practitioner at a key time in architectural history, the
period before the founding of the American Institute of Architects
in 1857.
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Henry Austin (Hardcover)
James F. O'Gorman
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Henry Austin's (1804-1891) works receive consideration in books on
nineteenth-century architecture, yet no book has focused scholarly
attention on his primary achievements in New Haven, Connecticut, in
Portland, Maine, and elsewhere. Austin was most active during the
antebellum era, designing exotic buildings that have captured the
imaginations of many for decades. James F. O'Gorman deftly
documents Austin's work during the 1840s and '50s, the time when
Austin was most productive and creative, and for which a wealth of
material exists. The book is organized according to various
building types: domestic, ecclesiastic, public, and commercial.
O'Gorman helps to clarify what buildings should be attributed to
the architect and comments on the various styles that went into his
eclectic designs. Henry Austin is lavishly illustrated with 132
illustrations, including 32 in full color. Three extensive
appendices provide valuable information on Austin's books,
drawings, and his office.
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, and so beautifully
detailed... [that] the whole was welded inextricably into one
powerful organic conception that shows Rogers as a great architect
in the fullest sense of the word."" Rogers's Tremont House in
Boston has been called the world's first modern hotel; it spawned
many progeny, from his first Astor House in New York to his Burnet
House in Cincinnati and beyond. Rogers designed buildings from
Maine to Georgia and from Boston to Chicago to New Orleans,
supervising their construction while traveling widely to procure
materials and workmen for the job. He finished his career as
Architect of the Treasury Department during the Civil War. In this
richly illustrated volume, James F. O'Gorman offers a deft portrait
of an energetic practitioner at a key time in architectural
history, the period before the founding of the American Institute
of Architects in 1857.
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