Harbor Hill: Portrait of a House
The mansion along with its magnificent furnishings, art, gardens, and the owners' striving, hubris, and ultimate failure are the dramatis personae of this saga. Stanford White, the architect, wrote, with the exception of Biltmore, I do not think there will be an estate equal to it in the country. An extravagant product of the desire for social acceptance, the portrait encompasses western mining and old versus new wealth, religious differences and the building of a church, art collecting, and the many people, from the architects, builders, and workers to the servants and staff who ran the house and gardens. Harbor Hill's story incl…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-393-73216-0
- EAN: 9780393732160
- Produktnummer: 2953771
- Verlag: W W Norton & Co
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 178 S.
- Masse: H31.2 cm x B23.3 cm x D2.5 cm 1'192 g
- Gewicht: 1192
Über den Autor
Richard Guy Wilson is Commonwealth Professor at the University of Virginia.
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