The House Tells the Story
Homes of the American Presidents
An utter delight...it opens windows into the history of this country by showing how some of this country's makers and shapers lived.-Wall Street Journal.From Teddy Roosevelt's estate, Sagamore Hill, on Long Island to Harry Truman's humble home in Independence, Missouri, here are the homes-inside and out-of 15 American presidents through an artist's eyes. Adam Van Doren has a deep appreciation for architecture and the ways people shape their environments. About Mount Vernon: Subtler touches, like the cupola, the faux rustication, and the red roof are all evidence of Washington's refined sense of how to transform an ordinary farmhouse into a st…
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Weitere Autoren: McCullough, David (Vorb.)
- ISBN: 978-1-56792-542-5
- EAN: 9781567925425
- Produktnummer: 17574112
- Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 196 S.
Über den Autor
Adam Van Doren received a Master's in architecture from Columbia University and has been a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome. He teaches at Yale University and has exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., among other institutions. His work is included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Wadsworth Atheneum, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.David McCullough is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize as well as the National Book Award, and has received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award. An avid reader and traveler, as well as a devoted painter, he has maintained a lifelong interest in art and architecture.
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