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Author:
Lowe, David 1933-  Search this
PaineWebber Art Gallery  Search this
Physical description:
128 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
New York (State)
New York
New York (N.Y.)
Date:
1998
Notes:
Based on an exhibition held at the Paine Webber Art Gallery.
Gift of Stephen Van Dyk
CHMNK copy 39088020266938 gift of Stephen Van Dyk.
Contents:
Grand entrances -- Magnificant caravansaries -- Civic pride -- Commercial grace -- Public pleasures -- Celebrating art and learning -- Places of worship and urban monuments -- Clubland -- Domestic opulence
Summary:
Let Historian David Garrard Lowe take you on an architectural and cultural tour of Beaux Arts New York. The author's lively text and detailed captions accompanying over 145 superb photographs and drawings illuminate the period between 1880 and the First World War, when New York was the de facto capital of the United States and the spirit of the famous Parisian Beaux-Arts ateliers was recreated in some of the city's greatest architectural firms, including Hunt; McKim, Mead & White; and Carrere & Hastings. Beaux Arts New York is a must for history and architecture buffs, a perfect gift for anyone visiting or simply enchanted by New York.
Topic:
Eclecticism in architecture  Search this
Architecture--History  Search this
Buildings, structures, etc  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1107132