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Atlanta's Parks and Monuments (Images of America) - Softcover

Cook Jr, Rodney Mims

 
9781467110068: Atlanta's Parks and Monuments (Images of America)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 146711006X ISBN 13: 9781467110068
Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC), 2013

Inhaltsangabe

Since the city's beginnings after the War of 1812, Atlanta has had a tradition of building with a regard for becoming a world-class metropolis. Before being burned by Union general William T. Sherman in 1864, the city's appearance was described by noted European architect and urban planner Leon Krier as looking like London in the 18th century. Atlanta was surrounded by estates and plantations, and many of the plantation builders were influenced by Greek and Roman architecture. The argument of slavery to the contrary, builders saw Greek temples as symbols of democracy and, as a result, embraced Greek and Roman revival architecture as the dominant national style. Great monuments followed in this tradition to the letter in the capital of the South.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Atlanta fifth-generation son Rodney Mims Cook Jr. has grown up with Atlanta history, as his family has stewarded the city since arriving in the 1820s. At 14, he helped initiate the "Save the Fox Theatre" movement. He is president of the National Monuments Foundation, whose images are showcased within these pages, a founding trustee of the Prince of Wales's Foundation for Architecture, and the builder of the Prince of Wales's Monument to the Centennial Olympic Games and the Millennium Gate Arch.

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Verlag
ARCADIA PUB (SC)
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
146711006X
ISBN 13 
9781467110068
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
128
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