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G. E. Kidder Smith builds : the travel of architectural photography / Angelo Maggi ; foreword by Michelangelo Sabatino ; coda by Samuel P. Smith

Author
Maggi, Angelo
Published
[Novato, Calif.] : Oro Editions, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
279 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm
Additional Creators
Sabatino, Michelangelo and Pujol Smith, Samuel

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Summary
George Everard Kidder Smith (1913-1997) was a multidimensional figure within the wide-ranging field of North American architectural professionals in the second half of the twentieth century. Although he trained as an architect, he chose not to practice within the conventional strictures of an architecture office. Instead, Kidder Smith "designed, " researched, wrote, and photographed a remarkably diverse collection of books about architecture and the built environment. His work and life were deeply interwoven and punctuated by travel related to the research, writing, and promotion of books that sought to reveal the genius loci of the countries whose built environments he admired and wished to share with a broader audience. From the early 1940s to the late 1950s his interest in architecture led him to describe visually the architectural and historical identity of many European countries. After his far-flung travels over the decades, with his wife Dorothea, Kidder Smith focused on his own country and produced a series of ambitious books focused on the United States. Kidder Smith's vision and narrative betray the gaze of the traveller, the scholar, and the architect.
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ISBN
1954081537
9781954081536 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-272) and index.
Endowment Note
Barbara S. Klein Libraries Collection Endowment in Art History and International Affairs
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