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Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850

William Barksdale Maynard

出版	Yale University Press, 2002-01-01
主題	Architecture / History / General
ISBN	97803000938340300093837
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=0hGFTVGSxmIC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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This study traces the development of American architecture from the age of Jefferson to the antebellum era, providing a survey of this important period. W. Barksdale Maynard overturns the long-accepted notions that the chief theme of early 19th-century American architecture was a patriotic desire to escape from European influence and that competing styles chiefly reflected the American struggle for cultural uniqueness. Instead, deep and consistent aesthetic ties, especially with England, shaped American architecture and house designs. Maynard shows that the Greek Revival in particular was an international phenomenon, with American achievements inspired by British example and with taste taking precedence over patriotism.