Newport : the artful city / John R. Tschirch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tschirch, John R., author.

Contributor:

Adam H. Fetterolf Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Newport (R.I.).

Newport (R.I.)--Pictorial works.

Newport (R.I.)--History.

Rhode Island--Newport.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

240 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 28 x 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Lewes : D Giles Limited 2020.

Summary:

This is a richly illustrated portrait of Newport, Rhode Island as a work of urban art, from colonial times to the present, both documented and celebrated in the maps, paintings, photographs, poetry and prose of renowned artists and writers. As one of the most historically intact cities in North America, Newport has a cultural and architectural heritage of national significance. Each of the city's districts has its own distinct character with street plans and buildings revealing the political, religious, commercial and artistic forces that have shaped Newport through the ages. Stately Colonial squares and bustling wharves, picturesque Victorian villas and scenic drives, opulent Gilded Age palaces for the few and electric streetcars for the many, and preservation movements to honor the past and modernist schemes for a metropolis of the future all tell stories of urban beauty and controversy, of eras of lavish building, urban decay and extraordinary revival. In association with the Newport Historical Society.

Notes:

"This volume was completed under the aegis of the Newport Historical Society with the support of the EJMP Fund for Philanthropy"-- verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Adam H. Fetterolf Fund.

ISBN:

9781911282693

1911282697

OCLC:

1164350673