From a hodgepodge provincial city of brick buildings into an ordered array of white classical temples, Washington, D.C., was transformed by visionary planning and herculean implementation in response to the political and artistic movements of the early twentieth century. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts was created by Congress in 1910 to guide this transformation and has continued to advise on the capital citys design and other national symbols for a century. The impetus for this seven-member, presidentially appointed ...
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From a hodgepodge provincial city of brick buildings into an ordered array of white classical temples, Washington, D.C., was transformed by visionary planning and herculean implementation in response to the political and artistic movements of the early twentieth century. The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts was created by Congress in 1910 to guide this transformation and has continued to advise on the capital citys design and other national symbols for a century. The impetus for this seven-member, presidentially appointed commission on design can be traced to the Senate Park Commission of 1901, whose grand plan focused on the Mall as the symbolic core of the capitaland the nationproposing that it be a formal, public space framed by neoclassical architecture to express the ideals of the American democracy.
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Near Fine in near fine jacket. Appears to be inscribed by Luebke on the titlepage. First edition, 2013. Large quarto, cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 626 pp., heavily illustrated (much in color), clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, light soiling or age-toning to some pages and to the page-edges, light bumping to the tips of the covers, creasing and wear to the tips of the dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector. Uncommon signed. Because this is a large book, it might require an additional shipping charge.
Add this copy of Civic Art: a Centennial History of the U.S. Commission to cart. $149.70, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by U.S. Commission of Fine Arts.
