The Decoration of Houses (Dover Books on Architecture) - Softcover

Wharton, Edith; Codman, Ogden, Jr.

 
9780486794563: The Decoration of Houses (Dover Books on Architecture)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0486794563 ISBN 13: 9780486794563
Verlag: Dover Publications Inc., 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Thousands of books on interior design have come and gone since the 1897 publication of this pioneering manual, but The Decoration of Houses remains, thanks to the insightful and inspiring advice of its co-authors. Before she became the Pulitzer Prize&;winning author of The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton was a society matron, remodeling a summer home in Newport, Rhode Island. With the able assistance of architect Ogden Codman, Jr., Wharton assembled this corrective to the rampant vulgarity of her nouveau riche neighbors. Wharton and Codman defied the excesses of the Gilded Age, counseling readers to reject the popular penchant for clutter in favor of simplicity and balance.
More than an engaging item of period charm, this historic guide offers examples of design rooted in architectural principles. Black-and-white photographs illustrate the authors' ideals of classic beauty, depicting grand ballrooms and spacious boudoirs as well as the elements common to homes of every size and era: doors and windows, walls and ceilings, floors, halls, and stairs. One of the genre's most important and influential titles, this volume sparked a Renaissance in American interior design, and its sound advice and practical approach remain forever in style.

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Edith Wharton (1862&;1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and designer. Nominated three times for the Nobel Prize in Literature, she received the Pulitzer Prize for The Age of Innocence in 1921. Wharton drew upon her privileged social position to create witty and psychologically insightful novels and short stories.
Ogden Codman, Jr. (1863&;1951) was a noted American architect and interior decorator in the Beaux-Arts tradition. His many famous designs include Wharton's residences Land's End and The Mount as well as her Park Avenue townhouse; the Vanderbilts' Newport home, The Breakers; and the Codman-Davis House in Washington, D.C.

Von der hinteren Coverseite

Thousands of books on interior design have come and gone since the 1897 publication of this pioneering manual, but The Decoration of Houses remains, thanks to the insightful and inspiring advice of its co-authors. Before she became the Pulitzer Prize&;winning author of The Age of Innocence, Edith Wharton was a society matron, remodeling a summer home in Newport, Rhode Island. With the able assistance of architect Ogden Codman, Jr., Wharton assembled this corrective to the rampant vulgarity of her nouveau riche neighbors. Wharton and Codman defied the excesses of the Gilded Age, counseling readers to reject the popular penchant for clutter in favor of simplicity and balance.
More than an engaging item of period charm, this historic guide offers examples of design rooted in architectural principles. Black-and-white photographs illustrate the authors' ideals of classic beauty, depicting grand ballrooms and spacious boudoirs as well as the elements common to homes of every size and era: doors and windows, walls and ceilings, floors, halls, and stairs. One of the genre's most important and influential titles, this volume sparked a Renaissance in American interior design, and its sound advice and practical approach remain forever in style.
Dover (2015) republication of the edition originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1914.
See every Dover book in print at
www.doverpublications.com

„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.

Verlag
Dover Publications Inc.
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0486794563
ISBN 13 
9780486794563
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
203
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Nicht verfügbar
Verantwortliche Person
Soc. Agr. La Raia Ss
http://www.la-raia.it

Strada Monterotondo, 79
Novi Ligure
15067
Italien

Weitere beliebte Ausgaben desselben Titels

9781605204413: The Decoration of Houses

Vorgestellte Ausgabe

ISBN 10:  1605204412 ISBN 13:  9781605204413
Verlag: Cosimo Classics, 2008
Hardcover