Title & Author:

The Mall in Washington, 1791-1991 / edited by Richard Longstreth.

Publication:

Washington : National Gallery of Art ; Hanover : Distributed by the University Press of New England, 1991.

Description:

328 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 cm.

Series:

Studies in the history of art, 0091-7338 ; 30. Symposium papers ; 14

Notes:
Includes the proceedings of a symposium held at the National Gallery of Art, Oct. 30-31, 1987.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface / Henry A. Millon -- Introduction : Change and continuity on the Mall / Richard Longstreth -- Monumental spaces / Norma Evenson -- "This vast empire" : The iconography of the Mall, 1791-1848 / Pamela Scott -- "A public museum of trees" : Mid nineteenth century plans for the Mall / Therese O'Malley -- The imperial Mall : The city beautiful movement and the Washington Plan of 1901-1902 / Thomas S. Hines -- The Mall, the McMillan Plan, and the origins of American city planning / Jon A. Peterson -- The Olmsteds and the landscape of the Mall / David C. Streatfield -- High noon on the Mall : Modernism versus traditionalism, 1910-1970 / Richard Guy Wilson -- The Mall and the Commission of Fine Arts / J. Carter Brown -- A tememos for democracy : The Mall in Washington and its influence / Robert A.M. Stern with Raymond W. Gastil -- The designing of the National Gallery of Art's East Building / J. Carter Brown -- A critical look at the McMillan Plan / Daniel Urban Kiley -- Issues relative to the Mall in designing the National Air and Space Museum / Gyo Obata -- Smithsonian Institution : South Quadrangle Project / Jean Paul Carlihan.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

0894681389 (paperback)
9780894681387 (paperback)

Subject:

City planning Washington (D.C.) History Congresses.
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.) History Congresses.
Washington (D.C.) Buildings, structures, etc. History Congress
Buildings
City planning
Arquitetura Paisagistica.
Urbanisme États-Unis Washington (D.C.) Histoire Congrès.
Washington (D.C.) Buildings, structures, etc. Congresses.
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.) Histoire Congrès.
Washington (D.C.)
Washington (D.C.) The Mall
Washington (D.C.) Mall, The Histoire Congrès.
Washington (D.C.) Constructions.

Form/genre:

Conference papers and proceedings
History

Added entries:

Longstreth, Richard W.
Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (U.S.)
Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.) ; 30.
Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.). Symposium papers ; 14.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 65488
Call No.: ID PLS; ID:91-B2393
Status: Available