The complete house and grounds : learning from Andrew Jackson Downing's domestic architecture /
Yglesias, Caren.
Downing, A. J.(Andrew Jackson),1815-1852.
Chicago : Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago : Distributed by the University of Chicago Press,
2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Andrew Jackson Downing : a life -- Design principles. Adapting foreign influences for the American audience -- Truthful architecture -- Truthful landscapes -- House and grounds. A regular house with a subdivided floor plan -- An irregular house with an assembled floor plan -- Linking a proprietor's character to architecture and landscape -- Original forms of dwelling. The secure cave -- The mediating tent -- The hut of instruments -- Applying a language of sensibilities -- Methods of personification, allegory, and animation -- Conclusion.
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852
Architecture, Domestic
Country homes
Architects