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Skyscraper Facades of the Gilded Age : Fifty-One Extravagant Designs, 1875-1910
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Korom, Joseph J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture and society--United States--History--19th century.
- Architecture and society--United States--History--20th century.
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural--United States--History--19th century.
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural--United States--History--20th century.
- Facades--United States.
- Skyscrapers--United States--History--19th century.
- Skyscrapers--United States--History--20th century.
- Facades--History--19th century--United States.
- Facades.
- Skyscrapers--History--20th century--United States.
- Skyscrapers.
- Skyscrapers--History--19th century--United States.
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural--History--20th Century--United States.
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural--History--19th century--United States.
- Architecture and society--History--20th century--United States.
- Architecture and society.
- Architecture and society--United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Architecture and society--United States--History--19th century.
- Architecture and society--United States--History--20th century.
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural--United States--History--19th century.
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural--United States--History--20th century.
- Facades--United States.
- Skyscrapers--United States--History--19th century.
- Skyscrapers--United States--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Other Title:
- Skyscraper Facades of the Gilded Age
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is about the design of the facade of 51 of America's most extravagant early skyscrapers. Included are the biographies of noted architects and the aristocrats who financed America's first skyscrapers. This book discusses the influences of European aesthetic values in America--and scandals, rogues and class distinctions. Interpretations by contemporary critics are sprinkled throughout the text. Woven throughout the book are inquiries about the validity of Greek and Roman mythologies and their relationships to ""modern"" America and its spirit of invention and progress. Foreign traditio
- Contents:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction; One. Ways and Means; Basic Questions; Traditional Options; Options for Tired Eyes; Two. Hopes and Dreams; Monadnock; Rooftop Dialogs; Building Walls and the Power of Mythology; Three. Togas and Parasols; Classicism and the Renaissance; Of Myths and Merriment; The Beaux-Arts; World's Columbian Exposition; Four. A Time for Funny Hats; Variations on a Theme: The Neo-Baroque Skyscraper; Five. Towers, Dragons and the Stuff of Dreams; The Medieval Inspiration; The Pious Ones; Scary Things; The Great Migration; The Tower in Madison Square
- Six. Eclectic ExplorationsAmerican Heroes; Conclusion; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-14658-9
- 0-7864-9326-7
- OCLC:
- 826657848
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