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The Transatlantic Design Network : Thomas Jefferson, John Soane, and Agents of Architectural Exchange.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Willkens, Danielle S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architects--Social networks--Great Britain.
- Architects.
- Architects--Social networks--United States.
- Communication in architecture--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Communication in architecture.
- Communication in architecture--United States--History--18th century.
- Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- United States--Intellectual life--18th century.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (313 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- La Vergne : University of Virginia Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "Although a good deal has been written about the voluminous intellectual exchange between Europe and the Americas in the eighteenth century across various humane disciplines, no study to date has focused on architectural culture, despite the fact that numerous Europeans made their way across the Atlantic to design some of America's most important buildings. Here Danielle Willkens fills that gap, defining and expounding the "transatlantic design network" of mainly British and American individuals that included Thomas Jefferson, the architect John Soane, and Maria Cosway, an acclaimed painter, musician, composer, and educator who maintained a lifelong correspondence with both Jefferson and Soane. She shows how, contrary to their reputations, neither Jefferson nor Soane represents the product of a singular architectural vision. The contributions of other architects, designers, philosophers, and friends have been effectively effaced from both Monticello and the Soane House. Willkens here corrects the record, mapping the influence of this crucial hidden network on architecture and aesthetics on both sides of the Atlantic"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- People
- Sites
- Legacies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8139-5155-0
- 9780813951553
- OCLC:
- 1424650514
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