Apostle of Taste: Andrew Jackson Downing, 1815-1852

Apostle of Taste: Andrew Jackson Downing, 1815-1852
ISBN-10
1625341687
ISBN-13
9781625341686
Category
Architecture
Pages
290
Language
English
Published
2015
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Author
David Schuyler

Description

"Schuyler explores the origins of [horticulturist Downing's] ideas in English aesthetic theory and his efforts to adapt English principles to American climate and republican social institutions. Tracing the impulse toward a native architectural style, Schuyler also demonstrates the influence of Downing's ideas on the period's gardens and, more broadly still, analyzes the complications of class implicit in Downing's prescriptions for American society"--Amazon.com.

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