Sketches of Early American Architecture (eBook)

William H. Crocker (Text von)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
128 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-81666-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Fifty-three drawings by a distinguished architect recapture historic structures in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and smaller towns of the Eastern seaboard. Captions identify churches, municipal buildings, homes, other architectural gems.

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These 53 magnificent drawings by a distinguished architect recapture landmarks of colonial America. Originally published in 1922, Otto Reinhold Eggers' portfolio of pencil sketches depicts historic structures in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Baltimore as well as those of smaller towns in Connecticut, Virginia, and elsewhere. Images of churches, municipal structures, homes, and other architectural gems range from the majesty of St. Paul's Chapel, Manhattan's oldest surviving church, and the grandeur of George Washington's Mt. Vernon residence to a Dutch farmhouse in New Jersey and a Newport street lined with quaint eighteenth-century buildings.Otto Reinhold Eggers (1882–1964) was one of the architects of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D. C., and his seven-decade career in architecture included a 30-year association with John Russell Pope, first as a draftsman and eventually as a partner. Eggers' meticulously rendered sketches, photographic in their detail and effect, offer fascinating perspectives on some of America's architectural treasures. Extensive captions for each of the illustrations by William H. Crocker, editor of The American Architect, provide fascinating historical background.

Autor

Otto Eggers (1882–1964) was one of the architects of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D. C., and the American Museum of Natural History's Theodore Roosevelt Wing. His seven-decade career in architecture included a 30-year partnership with John Russell Pope.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.10.2016
• Illustrationen: O.R. Eggers
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 210 x 210 mm
• Gewicht: 467 g
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Architektur
• Schlagworte: Americana • American architecture • Architect • architectural gems • architectural treasures • Architecture • ART • Baltimore • Baltimore architecture • Boston • Boston Architedcture • building preservation • city buildings • Colonial America • colonial architecture • documenting buildings • draftsmen • Historical • historical, Architecture • historical cities • historic preservation • historic structures • interesting history • landmarks • landmarks of colonial america • lost history • municipal structures • New England architecture • New York • New York architecture • Non-fiction • obscure buildings • old churches • pencil sketches • Philadelphia • Philadelphia architecture • Reproduction • sketches of early american architecture • small towns • study of architecture • Washington
• ISBN-10: 0-486-81666-4 / 0486816664
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-81666-1 / 9780486816661