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American Arcadia : California and the classical tradition
- Title
- American Arcadia : California and the classical tradition / Peter J. Holliday.
- Author
- Holliday, Peter James
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
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Details
- Description
- xxix, 446 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
- Summary
- "American Arcadia explores the innumerable ways Californians shaped their visual and social culture using models and ideals from the classical tradition"--
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. Out of the wilderness, Arcadia -- 2. Promoting "our Italy" -- 3. "Calitopia:" new models for cities -- 4. Private citizens, public works -- 5. Utopian communities -- 6. Spectacles en plein air -- 7. Houses and gardens before World War II -- 8. The Southland House as a set -- 9. A "villa in a garden" for the masses -- 10. Palaces and patrons in the 20th century -- 11. Aphrodite, Atlas, and the California body -- 12. Metaphors misconstrued.
- Call Number
- JFF 16-1209
- ISBN
- 9780190256517
- 0190256516
- LCCN
- 2015049012
- OCLC
- 921864695
- Author
- Holliday, Peter James, author.
- Title
- American Arcadia : California and the classical tradition / Peter J. Holliday.
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Holliday, Peter James, author. American Arcadia. New York : Oxford University Press, 2016 9780190256524 (DLC) 2015049167
- Research Call Number
- JFF 16-1209