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George Washington's eye : landscape, architecture, and design at Mount Vernon
- Title
- George Washington's eye : landscape, architecture, and design at Mount Vernon / Joseph Manca.
- Author
- Manca, Joseph, 1956-
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 13-3 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Description
- ix, 297 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps; 26 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Landscape, architecture, and design at Mount Vernon
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- George Washington : morality and the crafting of self -- The mansion house at Mount Vernon and other architectural designs -- George Washington's portico -- Washington as gardener : creating the landscape -- Mount Vernon and British gardening -- Prospects, pictures, and the picturesque -- Washington as artist, critic, patron, and collector -- Under his vine and fig-tree : biblical and classical perfection at Mount Vernon -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JQF 13-3
- ISBN
- 9781421404325 (hardcover. : alk. paper)
- 9781421405612 (electronic)
- 142140432X (hardcover. : alk. paper)
- 142140561X (electronic)
- LCCN
- 2011044973
- OCLC
- YBP 2011044973
- Author
- Manca, Joseph, 1956-
- Title
- George Washington's eye : landscape, architecture, and design at Mount Vernon / Joseph Manca.
- Imprint
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 13-3