Julia Morgan : the road to San Simeon, visionary architect of the California renaissance / Gordon Fuglie, Karen McNeill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuglie, Gordon L., author.

McNeill, Karen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957.

Morgan, Julia.

Architects--California.

Architects.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

303 pages : illustrations (color) ; 30 x 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Rizzoli Electa, 2022.

Summary:

"Julia Morgan was truly a pioneer of her time--among other accomplishments, she was the first woman architect to be licensed in California, in 1904. Through her remarkable life and legacy, this book celebrates the Beaux-Arts architecture of California. Focusing on Morgan's most famous project in the state, Hearst Castle, to which she devoted more than 30 years of her life, this volume also examines, for the first time, Morgan's fabulous early buildings in the style. Morgan designed more than 700 buildings across California, many of which are designated landmarks today. Deepening the reader's understanding of California architecture, this book also places into context Morgan's ambitions, her influences and inspirations, as well as her daily practice and challenges as a woman shaping an extraordinarily prolific and highly successful career in a man's world. Also explored, in detail, is the story of how the studio and kilns of California Faience, a Berkeley ceramic artisan's shop, became the supplier of tens of thousands of tiles designed by Morgan and overseen by Hearst himself to decorate their architectural master-piece overlooking the Pacific Ocean."

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Ecole Des Beaux-Arts At The Fin De Siecle / Jeffrey Tilman

ch. 2 Parisian Foundations: Julia Morgan at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, 1896-1902 / Karen McNeill

ch. 3 A Twentieth-Century Revival: Julia Morgan's Renaissance Palazzo in Oakland / Johanna Kahn

ch. 4 Julia Morgan's Los Angeles Examiner Building: A Beaux-Arts Vision of Spanish Colonial Architecture / Elizabeth McMillian

ch. 5 Hearst Castle: A Beaux-Arts Spanish Village of the American Renaissance / Gordon L. Fuglie

ch. 6 The Ceramic Tiles Of Hearst Castle: California Faience and Julia Morgan / Kirby William Brown

ch. 7 Presence Of The Past: Julia Morgan's Design Inspirations for San Simeon / Victoria Kastner.

Notes:

Statement of responsibility provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780847869558

0847869555

OCLC:

1308635808