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Follies in America [electronic resource] : a history of garden and park architecture / Kerry Dean Carso

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Carso, Kerry Dean
Published
Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
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Contents
The English Landscape Garden in America -- Temples : Neoclassicism and the Nation -- Summerhouses : Nature Meets Culture -- Towers : The Belvedere and the Panoptic Sublime -- Ruins : The Nineteenth-Century Delight in Decay.
Summary
"This book examines historicized buildings known as "follies," including temples, summerhouses, towers, and ruins, from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration in 1876"--
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9781501755958 (epub)
9781501755941 (adobe pdf)
9781501755934 (paperback)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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