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1 online resource (386 p.) |
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Brill Studies in Architectural and Urban History Ser |
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Brill studies in architectural and urban history.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Portfolio: Duke House -- Maps: Mansions on the Upper East Side -- 1 The City Beautiful, Zoning, and Preservation on New York's Upper East Side -- 2 A "Gilded Stall" for the Progressive Era: Fabricating Aristocracy on Fifth Avenue -- 3 Building in "Splendid Style": Duke House and the Development of the Cook Block -- 4 Beaux-Arts Architects and Their Mansions -- 5 Mr. Duke Builds His Dream House -- 6 "Good Taste" and the Making of Duke House: Francophilia, Architecture, and Adaptation |
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7 Commissioning Interiors: Carlhian and Duveen at Duke House -- 8 Dukes to Profs: Robert Venturi's primum opus on 78th Street -- 9 Renovation and Illumination: Richard Kelly at the Institute -- 10 Preservation on the Cook Block: An Architect's Perspective -- Select Bibliography -- Illustrations -- Index of Persons and Organizations -- Index of Buildings and Places |
| Summary |
Featuring new archival research and previously unpublished photographs and architectural plans, this volume fundamentally revises our understanding of the development of modern New York, focusing on elite domestic architecture within the contexts of social history, urban planning, architecture, interior design, and adaptive re-use. Contributions from emerging and established scholars, art historians, and practitioners offer a multi-faceted analysis of major figures such as Horace Trumbauer, Julian Francis Abele, Robert Venturi, and Richard Kelly. Taking the James B. Duke House, now home to NYU's Institute of Fine Arts, as its point of departure, this collection provides fresh perspectives on domestic spaces, urban forms, and social reforms that shaped early-twentieth century New York into the modern city we know today |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Brick houses -- New York (State) -- New York
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Dwellings -- New York (State) -- New York
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Eclecticism in architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
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Brick houses
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Dwellings
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Eclecticism in architecture
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New York (State) -- New York
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Berman, Daniella
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Ritter, Jonathan
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| ISBN |
9789004521124 |
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9004521127 |
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