Title & Author:

The rise of an American architecture / Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Albert Fein, Winston Weisman, Vincent Scully ; edited with an introduction and exhibition notes by Edgar Kaufmann, Jr.

Publication:

New York : Published in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Praeger, [1970]

Description:

x, 241 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
"This book was conceived as counterpart to an exhibition opening under the same name ... at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in May of 1970."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / by James Biddle and Thomas P. F. Hoving -- Introduction / by Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. -- 1. American influence abroad / by Henry-Russell Hitchcock -- 2. The American city : the ideal and the real / by Albert Fein -- 3. A new view of skyscraper history / by Winston Weisman -- 4. American houses : Thomas Jefferson to Frank Lloyd Wright / by Vincent Scully -- The rise of an American architecture : a book and an exhibition -- Contents of the exhibition -- Texts from the exhibition / by Edgar Kaufmann, Jr.

ISBN:

0269027106
9780269027109

Subject:

Architecture United States History 19th century.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture United States History.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture 19e siècle.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture
Arquitetura (Estados Unidos)
Architecture United States History 20th century.
United States

Form/genre:

Essays.
History

Added entries:

Hitchcock, Henry-Russell, 1903-1987.
Fein, Albert.
Weisman, Winston.
Scully, Vincent, Jr., 1920-2017.
Kaufmann, Edgar, 1910-1989, editor, writer of introduction, writer of added commentary.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 7034
Call No.: NA710.R5 (ID:85-B4972)
Status: Available

Location: Library main 7033
Call No.: NA710.R5 (ID:85-B4972)
Status: Available