Richard Morris Hunt
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"This excellent architectural biography is a well-produced book with an elaborate format." -- Paul Goldberger, The New York Times Book Review
"An excellent biography... a book I recommend to those whose interest in American architecture is more than just casual." -- Russell Lynes, Architectural Digest
Book Description
Richard Morris Hunt is the definitive biography of the man who was widely regarded by his contemporaries as the dean of American architects and who was a seminal figure in establishing architecture as a profession in the United States. Covering all of Hunt's major commissions -- including his famous fifth Avenue mansions and Newport "cottages" -- the book provides a fresh look at the artistic achievements of America's Gilded Age. Paul Baker's reassessment of Hunt's works naturally covers his most famous buildings, such as The Breakers and Marble House in Newport, Biltmore House in North Carolina, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the base for the Statue of Liberty. But it also reveals Hunt's designs for houses on a more intimate scale, public buildings and monuments, and commercial structures.
Richard Morris Hunt
Richard Morris Hunt,Paul R. Baker,The MIT Press,0262521091,1828-1895,Architects,Architecture,Biography,History - General,History Of Architecture+,Hunt, Richard Morris,,Unassigned Title,United States,Architecture / History
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