The American Tradition in the ArtsHarcourt, Brace & World, 1968 - 492 pages |
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... tion of houses of any size or pretension , like the larger planta- tion houses that are so admired today . The average planter's dwelling was a simple and modest structure , often of the gen- eral style of the Thoroughgood House , such ...
... tion of houses of any size or pretension , like the larger planta- tion houses that are so admired today . The average planter's dwelling was a simple and modest structure , often of the gen- eral style of the Thoroughgood House , such ...
Page 163
... tion , so he sought a partner to share the increasing burdens of his fast - growing practice . In Calvert Vaux ( 1824-95 ) , Down- ing found the ideal person . Well trained in London , Vaux was an ingenious and practi- cal young man who ...
... tion , so he sought a partner to share the increasing burdens of his fast - growing practice . In Calvert Vaux ( 1824-95 ) , Down- ing found the ideal person . Well trained in London , Vaux was an ingenious and practi- cal young man who ...
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... tion of sinister and destructive forces in man and in nature in so much of the artistic expression of our own times . Art has almost always been either more or less than art in America . In the early days it was a craft which had a ...
... tion of sinister and destructive forces in man and in nature in so much of the artistic expression of our own times . Art has almost always been either more or less than art in America . In the early days it was a craft which had a ...
Contents
Spain and France in the New World | 4 |
The Seventeenth Century | 11 |
The Tradition and the Arts of the Puritans | 15 |
Copyright | |
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