Name/Title
Court & Garden: From the French Hotel to the City of Modern ArchitectureEntry/Object ID
2015.002.084Secondary Title
Court and GardenDescription
Explores the social, psychological, and formal transformations that led architects to trade the city of public space for a city of private icons.
Contents: Introduction -- Public versus private -- The prototypes -- Public spaces: the Baroque Hotel -- Display and retreat: The Rococo Hotel -- Private icons: The Neoclassical Hotel -- Le Corbusier and the City of Modern Architecture -- Architecture and the cumulative city -- Excursus Americanus
285 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation LibraryAcquisition
Accession
2015.002Source or Donor
New Library Catalog Records (2015)Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
BookNomenclature Sub-Class
Other DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Plazas, PalacesSearch Terms
Fine arts, Architecture, Domestic Architecture, Houses, Dwellings, Architecture and society, Architecture--Philosophy, Space (Architecture), Personal spaceBook Details
Author
Dennis, MichaelSeries
Graham Foundation Architecture SeriesPublisher
MIT PressDate Published
circa 1986Call No.
NA2543 .S6 D39 1986ISBN
0262040824LCCN
85007906Notes
Copy No.: 2Location
Category
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023General Notes
Note
Notes: By Michael Dennis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-274) and index.Created By
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February 16, 2023