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George Washington's eye : landscape, architecture, and design at Mount Vernon
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George Washington's eye : landscape, architecture, and design at Mount Vernon / Joseph Manca.
ISBN
9781421404325 (hardcover. : alk. paper)
9781421405612 (electronic)
142140432X (hardcover. : alk. paper)
142140561X (electronic)
Published
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Physical Description
ix, 297 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.
Variant and related titles
Landscape, architecture, and design at Mount Vernon
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 03, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
George Washington : morality and the crafting of self
The mansion house at Mount Vernon and other architectural designs
George Washington's portico
Washington as gardener : creating the landscape
Mount Vernon and British gardening
Prospects, pictures, and the picturesque
Washington as artist, critic, patron, and collector
Under his vine and fig-tree : biblical and classical perfection at Mount Vernon
Epilogue.
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