Description |
1 online resource (x, 230 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index. |
Contents |
Ch. 1. "The Imperfections of Our Nature": Downing's Landscapes and the Picturesque -- Ch. 2. "For Convenience and Comfort": Downing's Architectural Pattern Books -- Ch. 3. Framing the Restless Mirror: The Hudson River and the Genteel Aesthetic -- Ch. 4. "A More Beautiful and Tasteful Model": Architecture, Morality, and Gentility -- Ch. 5. "A Very Pleasant Patriarchal Life": The Homes of the Genteel Romantics -- Ch. 6. The Stage Comes to Life: The Socialization of Genteel Aesthetics. |
Summary |
Andrew Jackson Downing's reputation as architect, landscape designer, and author spread far beyond his native Hudson River Valley during the first half of the 19th century. But as Adam Sweeting suggests in this elegantly written, illustrated account, Downing's real legacy lies in the philosophical statement he created by melding the literary and building arts with an intensely moralistic outlook. |
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Along with such contemporaries as William Cullen Bryant, Washington Irving, and Frederick Law Olmsted, Downing pursued what Sweeting calls genteel romanticism, an ideal that viewed the confluence of polite literature and graceful dwellings as not just an aesthetic statement, but an ethical imperative. |
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This study of a unique coalescence of literature, architecture, and gardening illuminates "the widely held belief that efforts to reform the world began at home, that beautiful and clean houses produced morally beautiful and spiritually clean people." |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Note |
Print version record. |
Local Note |
EBSCOhost Art and Architecture Complete |
Language |
English. |
Subject |
Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852 -- Influence.
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Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852. (OCoLC)fst00053916
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American literature -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- History and criticism.
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Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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Authors, American -- Homes and haunts -- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)
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Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.) -- Intellectual life.
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Architecture and literature -- History -- 19th century.
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Landscape architecture -- United States.
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American literature. (OCoLC)fst00807113
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Architecture and literature. (OCoLC)fst00813564
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Authors, American -- Homes and haunts.
(OCoLC)fst00821779
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Books and reading. (OCoLC)fst00836454
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
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Intellectual life. (OCoLC)fst00975769
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Landscape architecture. (OCoLC)fst00991814
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Popular literature. (OCoLC)fst01071405
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States -- Hudson River Valley.
(OCoLC)fst01311280
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English.
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Languages & Literatures.
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American Literature.
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Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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Indexed Term |
English literature |
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United States |
Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Other Form: |
Print version: Sweeting, Adam W., 1963- Reading houses and building books. Hanover : University Press of New England, ©1996 (DLC) 95039747 (OCoLC)33133047 |
ISBN |
0874517508 (alkaline paper) |
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9780874517507 (alkaline paper) |