American buildings and their architects
By: William H. Pierson, Jr.
Contributors: Jordy, William H.
Publisher: Anchor Press
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Subjects: Architecture -- United States; Architects -- United States
Description: Beginning with a description of Gothic, Classical, and Baroque architecture, Pierson explores how American architects used these traditions to develop a uniquely American style. He examines the works of the early masters, including Bulfinch's Massachusetts State House, Latrobe's Capitol Building in Washington, Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Mills's buildings in South Carolina, as well as Thomas Jefferson's house in Monticello, which represents the clearest expression of the new American architectural vision.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Vols. 3-4 by W. H. Jordy.
Reprint of the ed. published by Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The colonial and neo-classical styles.; title: v. 2. Technology and the picturesque.; title: v. 3. Progressive and academic ideals at the turn of the twentieth century.; title: v. 4. The impact of European modernism in the mid-twentieth century.