An American Renaissance (Hardcover)
Lingua: inglese
Editore: Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, Mulgrave, Victoria, 2021
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Hardcover. In the history of the United States, the Gilded Age, a term first coined by Mark Twain, is associated with an era of unparalleled growth, prosperity and cultural change - mansions in Newport; F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby; and the creation of the modern metropolis that we now recognise as New York City. Spanning from the 1880s to the 1930s, this period is also fittingly referred to as the American Renaissance. .And just like in the Italian Renaissance, an elite group ruled New York. These were the titans of American finance and industry whose unprecedented, and unchecked, power and wealth was supreme in the land - Astor, Carnegie, Morgan, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt. To this wealthy elite, it was not enough that the city merely be the nation's financial capital. Their collective dream was to create a new city, a new metropolis that would also become the nation's cultural capital. Simply put, their dream was to create a new "Paris on the Hudson" - and to do that they needed architecture rich in grandeur, full of historical reference, and dripping in embellishment, to flaunt their wealth and power to the world. Enter the Beaux-Arts style. AUTHOR: Phillip James Dodd is one of today's foremost experts on classical architecture and interiors. Born and raised in the United Kingdom, he moved to America 20 years ago, and in 2014 founded his eponymous design firm Phillip James Dodd: Bespoke Residential Design. Since then he has become one of the most sought-after young residential designers practicing today, with designs that can be found in Manhattan, Greenwich and Palm Beach. He is the author of two best-selling books The Art of Classical Details: Theory Design & Craftsmanship and An Ideal Collaboration, and is currently working on a new book on the architecture of the Gilded Age in New York. SELLING POINTS: . Written by a leading international authority of Classical architecture, as both architect and renowned educator of design . Outlines a comprehensive analysis of contextual theory and history that is referenced against contemporary studies and projects . Showcases glorious architectural examples across the entire city visually with lavish illustrations and rich full-colour photography, which are accompanied by informative and explanatory texts This book, which has been painstakingly researched and beautifully photographed over many years, takes a close look at twenty of the finest examples of Beaux-Arts architecture in New York City. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
Codice articolo 9781864706819
- Titolo
- An American Renaissance (Hardcover)
- Autore
- Phillip James Dodd
- Editore
- Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, Mulgrave, Victoria
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 2021
- Condizione
- new
- Rilegatura
- Hardcover
- Lingua
- inglese
- ISBN 10
- 1864706813
- ISBN 13
- 9781864706819
"This great, beautiful, glossy, polychromatic slab of a book more than does justice to an epic period in architecture when some of the world’s most luscious buildings were designed for some of the most unpleasant people in American history." — Timothy Brittain-Catlin, World of Interiors
"New York would be little more than another faceless glass-and-steel city were it not for its Gilded Age buildings and institutions... An American Renaissance: Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York City, written by Phillip James Dodd with photography by Jonathan Wallen, is a gilded embrace of this legacy." — The Critic
The Gilded Age, also referred to as the American Renaissance, is an era associated with unparalleled growth, technological advancement, prosperity, and cultural change. Spanning from the 1870s to the 1930s, it marks the first time that the titans of American finance and industry had more wealth than their European counterparts. As the center of this dynamic economy, New York City attracted immigrant workers and millionaires alike. It was not enough for the self-appointed elite to just build their own grand châteaux and palazzos along Fifth Avenue—collectively they dreamed of creating a new metropolis to rival the great cultural capitals of London, Paris, and Rome. To flaunt their newly acquired wealth they needed an architecture dripping in embellishment and historical reference. Enter the Beaux-Arts.
This book, which has been painstakingly researched and beautifully photographed over many years, takes a close look at 20 of the finest examples of Beaux-Arts architecture in New York City. While showing public exteriors, its focus is on the lavish interiors that are associated with the opulence of the Gilded Age—often providing a glimpse inside buildings not otherwise viewable to the public. While some of the buildings and monuments featured are world-renowned landmarks recognizable and accessible to all, others are obscure buildings that history has forgotten.
Set amid the magnificent achievements of an American Renaissance, this book recounts not only the fascinating stories of some of New York’s most famous and significant Beaux-Arts landmarks, it also recalls the lives of those who commissioned, designed, and built them. These are some of the most acclaimed architects, artists, and artisans of the day—Daniel Chester French, Cass Gilbert, Charles McKim, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Louis Comfort Tiffany, and Stanford White—and some of the most prominent millionaires in American history—Henry Clay Frick, Jay Gould, Otto Kahn, J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and the ubiquitous Astor and Vanderbilt families. Names that—as Julian Fellowes (the acclaimed director of Downton Abbey) notes in the Foreword—“still reek of money.” Excerpt from the Introduction
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With more than 35 years of photography experience, Jonathan Wallen has been the principal photographer on more than twenty books on architecture, including titles on McKim, Mead & White, Warren and Wetmore, and John Russell Pope. He has completed photography for volumes on The Library of Congress and The National Archives, and has shot for several history and nature guidebooks for the Smithsonian Institution and The National Gallery of Art. His work extends to residential and commercial clients as well as for nonprofit organizations in Africa, such as Hands of Mothers, Brick by Brick Uganda, and Yamba Malawi. His photography of genocide survivors in Rwanda has been exhibited in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco.
Julian Fellowes is the acclaimed creator, writer and executive producer of the hugely popular Downton Abbey, for which he has won three Emmys, a Golden Globe, a Special BAFTA, and many other industry awards. He is an Academy Award–winning writer for Gosford Park (2001) directed by Robert Altman. He also wrote the scripts for the films Vanity Fair and Young Victoria, the Broadway musicals Mary Poppins and School of Rock, as well as television series Belgravia and The English Game. He is currently working on a new period television series for HBO, titled The Gilded Age. Julian was made a peer, as Lord Fellowes of West Stafford, in January 2011.
Phillip James Dodd is one of today's foremost experts on classical architecture and interiors. Born and raised in the United Kingdom, he is an alumnus of the prestigious Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture in London. He moved to America more than twenty years ago, and after training with some of the most recognized classical architecture firms in the country founded his eponymous design firm Phillip James Dodd: Bespoke Residential Design LLC. Since then, he has become one of the most sought-after young residential designers practicing today, with designs that can be found in Manhattan, Greenwich, Palm Beach, and as far away as Bangalore, India. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States on the subject of classical architecture, and is the author of two best-selling books, The Art of Classical Details: Theory Design & Craftsmanship (2013) and An Ideal Collaboration (2015).
With more than thirty-five years of photography experience, Jonathan Wallen has been the principal photographer on more than twenty books on architecture, including titles on McKim, Mead & White, Warren and Wetmore, and John Russell Pope. He has completed photography for volumes on The Library of Congress and The National Archives, and has shot for several history and nature guidebooks for the Smithsonian Institution and The National Gallery of Art. His work extends to residential and commercial clients as well as for nonprofit organizations in Africa, such as Hands of Mothers, Brick by Brick Uganda, and Yamba Malawi. His photography of genocide survivors in Rwanda has been exhibited in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco.
Julian Fellowes is the acclaimed creator, writer and executive producer of the hugely popular Downton Abbey, for which he has won three Emmys, a Golden Globe, a Special BAFTA, and many other industry awards. He is an Academy Award–winning writer for Gosford Park (2001) directed by Robert Altman. He also wrote the scripts for the films Vanity Fair and Young Victoria, the Broadway musicals Mary Poppins and School of Rock, as well as television series Belgravia and The English Game. He is currently working on a new period television series for HBO, titled The Gilded Age. Julian was made a peer, as Lord Fellowes of West Stafford, in January 2011.
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