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Great houses of the South / Laurie Ossman ; photography by Steven Brooke.
Publication details: New York : Rizzoli : Distributed to the U.S. trade by Random House, 2010.Description: 271 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:- 9780847833092 :
- 0847833097 :
- NA7211 .O87 2010
Contents:
Summary: "The 'great house' of the South inhabits a place of the imagination as much as it does any particular geographic terrain. Margaret Mitchell's Tara from 'Gone with the Wind', though fictional, stands even now for many Americans as the epitome of the type, with its stately white-columned porticos, shady verandahs, and elegant interiors with graceful proportions. Yet the Southern great house is much more than this. From the bookish if slightly irregular Neoclassicism of Mount Vernon to the aristocratic European splendor of Biltmore, Great Houses of the South documents through vibrant new photography the many manifestations that this mythic, highly individualized architecture has taken while richly nuanced text narrates a great American story of tradition, aspiration and reinvention."--Front flap.
PART I, 1700-1800. The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Virginia -- Shirley, Charles City County, Virginia -- Drayton Hall, Charleston, South Carolina -- Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia -- Hammond-Harwood House, Annapolis, Maryland -- Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia -- Tryon Place, New Bern, North Carolina -- PART II, 1800-1820. Homewood, Baltimore, Maryland -- Tudor Place, Georgetown, Washington, DC -- The Nathanial Russell House, Charleston, South Carolina -- The Wickham House, Richmond, Virginia -- The Hunt-Morgan House, Lexington, Kentucky -- Farmington, Louisville, Kentucky -- Decatur House, Washington, DC -- The Isaiah Davenport House, Savannah, Georgia -- The Owens-Thomas House, Savannah, Georgia -- The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee -- PART III, 1820-1861. The Hermann-Grima House, New Orleans, Louisiana -- Oak Alley, Vacherie, Louisiana -- Melrose, Natchez, Mississippi -- Gaineswood, Demopolis, Alabama -- The Ernest Hemingway House, Key West, Florida -- Belle Meade, Nashville, Tennessee -- The Gallier House, New Orleans, Louisiana -- Stanton Hall, Natchez, Mississippi -- Ashland, Lexington, Kentucky -- The Aiken-Rhett House, Charleston, South Carolina -- Fendall Hall, Eufaula, Alabama -- Longwood, Natchez, Mississippi -- PART IV, 1865-1940. Cedar Hill, Washington, DC -- The Wren's Nest, Atlanta, Georgia -- Maymount, Richmond, Virginia -- Biltmore, Asheville, North Carolina -- Whitehall, Palm Beach, Florida -- Vizcaya, Miami, Florida -- Swan House, Atlanta, Georgia -- Longue Vue, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | NA 7211 .O87 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5076044 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-267) and index.
PART I, 1700-1800. The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg, Virginia -- Shirley, Charles City County, Virginia -- Drayton Hall, Charleston, South Carolina -- Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia -- Hammond-Harwood House, Annapolis, Maryland -- Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia -- Tryon Place, New Bern, North Carolina -- PART II, 1800-1820. Homewood, Baltimore, Maryland -- Tudor Place, Georgetown, Washington, DC -- The Nathanial Russell House, Charleston, South Carolina -- The Wickham House, Richmond, Virginia -- The Hunt-Morgan House, Lexington, Kentucky -- Farmington, Louisville, Kentucky -- Decatur House, Washington, DC -- The Isaiah Davenport House, Savannah, Georgia -- The Owens-Thomas House, Savannah, Georgia -- The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee -- PART III, 1820-1861. The Hermann-Grima House, New Orleans, Louisiana -- Oak Alley, Vacherie, Louisiana -- Melrose, Natchez, Mississippi -- Gaineswood, Demopolis, Alabama -- The Ernest Hemingway House, Key West, Florida -- Belle Meade, Nashville, Tennessee -- The Gallier House, New Orleans, Louisiana -- Stanton Hall, Natchez, Mississippi -- Ashland, Lexington, Kentucky -- The Aiken-Rhett House, Charleston, South Carolina -- Fendall Hall, Eufaula, Alabama -- Longwood, Natchez, Mississippi -- PART IV, 1865-1940. Cedar Hill, Washington, DC -- The Wren's Nest, Atlanta, Georgia -- Maymount, Richmond, Virginia -- Biltmore, Asheville, North Carolina -- Whitehall, Palm Beach, Florida -- Vizcaya, Miami, Florida -- Swan House, Atlanta, Georgia -- Longue Vue, New Orleans, Louisiana.
"The 'great house' of the South inhabits a place of the imagination as much as it does any particular geographic terrain. Margaret Mitchell's Tara from 'Gone with the Wind', though fictional, stands even now for many Americans as the epitome of the type, with its stately white-columned porticos, shady verandahs, and elegant interiors with graceful proportions. Yet the Southern great house is much more than this. From the bookish if slightly irregular Neoclassicism of Mount Vernon to the aristocratic European splendor of Biltmore, Great Houses of the South documents through vibrant new photography the many manifestations that this mythic, highly individualized architecture has taken while richly nuanced text narrates a great American story of tradition, aspiration and reinvention."--Front flap.
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