Prodigy Houses of Virginia: Architecture and the Native Elite

Prodigy Houses of Virginia: Architecture and the Native Elite
ISBN-10
0813926734
ISBN-13
9780813926735
Category
History
Pages
366
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Author
Barbara Burlison Mooney

Description

Introduction : "An art which shews so much" -- Defining the prodigy house : architectural aesthetics and the colonial dialect -- "Blind stupid fortune" : profiling the architectural patron -- "Reason reascends her throne" : the impact of dowry -- "Each rascal will be a director" : architectural patrons and the building process -- Learning to become "good mechanics in building" -- Epistemologies of female space : early Tidewater mansions -- Political power and the limits of genteel architecture

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