George Washington's eye
Subtitle: architecture, landscape, and art at Mount Vernon
By: Joseph Manca
Contributors: Washington, George, 1732-1799
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Baltimore [Md.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9781421404325; 9781421405612
Subjects: Aesthetics
Other titles: Architecture, landscape, and art at Mount Vernon
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: George Washington : morality and the crafting of self; title: The mansion house at Mount Vernon, and other architectural designs; title: George Washington's portico; title: Washington as gardener : creating the landscape; title: Mount Vernon and British gardening; title: "The finest view in the world" : prospects, pictures, and the picturesque; title: Washington as artist, critic, patron, and collector; title: "Under my vine and fig-tree " : biblical and classical perfection at Mount Vernon; title: Epilogue. Mount Vernon in the American imagination; title: Abbreviations for frequently cited sources.