Main entry:

Yarnall, James L.

Title & Author:

Newport through its architecture : a history of styles from postmedieval to postmodern / James L. Yarnall.

Publication:

Newport, R.I. : Salve Regina University Press in association with University Press of New England, Hanover and London, ©2005.

Description:

xvii, 297 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and index.
The postmedieval Jacobean style and Newport's founding -- The Georgian styles before the Revolutionary War -- Federal and Greek revival architecture, 1780-1840 -- The Gothic revival of the 1830s and 1840s -- The Italian villa and Italianate architecture of the 1850s -- The French roof and the Civil War era -- The stick style of the 1860s and 1870s -- Queen Anne variants, 1870-1890 -- The shingle style before 1885 -- The beginnings of beaux-arts Newport, 1880-1890 -- Richard Morris Hunt and the beaux-arts, 1888-1895 -- The beaux-arts and academic eclecticism in the twentieth century -- Modernism from the Bauhaus to postmodernism -- Appendix : a brief listing of selected Newport buildings by architect.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"A remarkable coincidence of unplanned historical events has preserved the architectural heritage of Newport, Rhode Island, in a way that is rare among American cities. Newport has the largest number of pre-Revolutionary War buildings in North America, with some 800 on the Point and the Historic Hill. In the nineteenth century, Newport was home to many of America's most prominent families and patrons of innovative architecture. From Greek Revival to Gothic, Italianate, and French Second Empire, Newport exemplifies the greatness of mid-nineteenth-century American architecture."
"With hundreds of full color photographs, architectural drawings, and illustrations, this is the perfect introduction for the visitor or student seeking to appreciate Newport's rich architectural heritage in the context of its historical development."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

1584654910 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9781584654919 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture Rhode Island Newport.
Architecture.
Historic buildings Rhode Island Newport.
Rhode Island Newport.
Newport (R.I.) Buildings, structures, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 242470
Call No.: NA735.N54 Y37 2005
Status: Available