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American Monographs: Charles Platt : The Artist as Architect by Keith Morgan (1985, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMIT Press
ISBN-100262131889
ISBN-139780262131889
eBay Product ID (ePID)113490
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameCharles Platt : the Artist As Architect
Publication Year1985
SubjectIndividual Architects & Firms / General, General
TypeTextbook
AuthorKeith Morgan
Subject AreaArchitecture
SeriesAmerican Monographs
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight32.5 Oz
Item Length10.4 in
Item Width7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN83-042518
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal720.92
SynopsisThis long-overdue reevaluation of Platt's career shows that in the first decade of this century, Platt's office was one of the New York firms that dominated the general development of American architecture, and his country houses and Georgian style mansions were regarded as the best American examples of their genre., It was once common to discuss the work of Charles Platt (1861-1933) alongside that of McKim, Mead & White, but by the time of his death, Platt's name had already fallen out of favor under the influence of modern movement critics. This long-overdue reevaluation of Platt's career shows that in the first decade of this century, Platt's office was one of the New York firms that dominated the general development of American architecture, and his country houses and Georgian style mansions were regarded as the best American examples of their genre. He led the American revival of the formal garden in the 1890s, and is credited with having introduced the American villa theory in his book Italian Gardens (1894). Morgan notes that Platt first achieved a reputation for his accomplished landscape paintings and etchings, and his conception of building and garden design grew out of this training rather than the formal Beaux-Arts curriculum subscribed to by most of his successful contemporaries. The book treats Platt's work in five chapters: his study of art at the National Academy of Design in New York and in Paris where he exhibited in salons and garnered awards as a landscape painter; the impact of his work on Italian gardens; his large-scale country estates and domestic buildings, where the Italian precedents were adjusted to local conditions; his public architecture and urban commissions, which include the freer Art Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Vincent Astor estate in New York, and the campuses of the University of Illinois, the Connecticut College for Women, Deerfield Academy, and Philip's Academy in Andover. Keith Morgan is Professor of Architecture in the American Studies Program at Boston University. Charles Plattis included in the Architectural History Foundation's American Monograph Series. Previously announced.
