Research Catalog

Title

The Italian legacy in Washington, D.C. : architecture, design, art and culture / edited by Luca Molinari and Andrea Canepari.

Publication

Milano : Skira, ©2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Molinari, Luca.
• Canepari, Andrea.

Description

213 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 29 cm.

Subjects

• Neoclassicism (Architecture) > Washington (D.C.)
• Art, Italian > Influence
• Architecture, Italian > Influence
• Art > Washington (D.C.)
• Architecture > Washington (D.C.)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Italy-Washington : a complex tale / Luca Molinari -- Jefferson & Co. / Livio Sacchi -- Palladianism in the United States of America / Mario Valmarana -- Monticello Estate, Charlottesville -- Governor Barbour Residence, Barboursville -- From palladianism to eclecticism / Margherita Azzi Visentini -- Interview with Giuseppe Cecchi / Luisa Vecchione -- Watergate Complex, Washington -- The Italian Chancery : an interview with Piero Sartogo / Luca Molinari p. 87 The Italian Chancery : an interview with Leo A. Daly / Gregory K. Hunt -- The new Italian Chancery, Washington -- Washington and (Ancient) Rome / John E. Ziolkowski -- The Jefferson Memorial, Washington -- Italy's presence in the United States Capitol / Barbara A. Wolanin -- The frescoes by Constantino Brumidi in the U.S. Capitol -- Italia and America at the National Gallery of Art / David Alan Brown and Maygene Daniels -- Romanticizing the other? / Paolo Scrivano -- Furnishing the Italian Chancery as a national design collection / Nathalie Grenon -- "Italian imprints" / Ennio Caretto -- The Holy Rosary Church (and the Casa Italiana), Washington -- Villa Firenze, Washington -- Equestrian statues, Washington

ISBN

• 9788861303041
• 8861303048

LCCN

2008362098

OCLC

• ocn181069710
• 181069710
• SCSB-1461542

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library