American colonial : Puritan simplicity to Georgian grace / Wendell Garrett ; edited and designed by David Larkin ; principal photography by Paul Rocheleau.

Main entry:

Garrett, Wendell D.

Title & Author:

American colonial : Puritan simplicity to Georgian grace / Wendell Garrett ; edited and designed by David Larkin ; principal photography by Paul Rocheleau.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Monacelli Press, 1995.

Description:

276 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
"A David Larkin book."
New England takes shape -- The middle colonies : from settlement to independence -- The southern colonies : the maturing of society and culture.

Summary:

The American colonial design period moves from the late twilight of medievalism through traditional building methods to the sophisticated pattern-book formality of the Age of Enlightenment, with its rules of taste and insistence on order and symmetry. While early structures were largely derived from English prototypes, American buildings soon evidenced intense regionalism, reflecting local tastes and preferences; those tastes were in some cases academic and high style, and in others vernacular and of folk origin. The variety and dynamism in American domestic architecture in the colonial period are indicative of the pluralism of American society. Added to these factors of provincialism, regionalism, and academic tastes are the elements of social, cultural, economic, and technical history affecting American architecture. From the earliest period of simple heavy timber framing to the later period of elegant brick and stone, from wedding chests to Chippendale chairs, authentic colonial architecture and interiors are explored in more than two hundred color photographs that capture the essence of the colonial kitchen, parlor, bedchamber, and workshop. The principal photography is by Paul Rocheleau, who brings his expertise in architectural photography and sensitivity to the design period to this ultimate survey of American colonial.

ISBN:

1885254059
9781885254054
1885254997
9781885254993

Subject:

Architecture, Colonial United States.
Architecture, Domestic United States.
Architecture coloniale États-Unis.
Architecture domestique États-Unis.
Architecture, Colonial.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architektur
Geschichte
Innenarchitektur
Geschichte (1600-1800)
United States.
USA

Added entries:

Larkin, David, 1936-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 120637
Call No.: ID:95-B2115
Status: Available

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