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Follies in America : a history of garden and park architecture / Kerry Dean Carso.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NA8460 .C29 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carso, Kerry Dean, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Follies (Architecture)--United States--History--18th century.
- Follies (Architecture).
- Follies (Architecture)--United States--History--19th century.
- Garden structures--United States--History--18th century.
- Garden structures.
- Garden structures--United States--History--19th century.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "This book examines historicized buildings known as "follies," including temples, summerhouses, towers, and ruins, from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration in 1876"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The English Landscape Garden in America
- Temples : Neoclassicism and the Nation
- Summerhouses : Nature Meets Culture
- Towers : The Belvedere and the Panoptic Sublime
- Ruins : The Nineteenth-Century Delight in Decay.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Dean Carso, Kerry. Follies in America.
- ISBN:
- 9781501755934
- 1501755935
- OCLC:
- 1196822189
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