Antebellum architecture of Kentucky /Clay Lancaster.

By:

Lancaster, Clay [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813161686

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

NA730 .A584 1991

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Contents:

Interlude, Shaker communities. Pleasant Hill and South Union -- Evolving a regional architecture. The federal period ; The Georgian survival style ; The geometric phase ; Classicism -- Participation in the popular revival styles. The Greek revival style ; The Gothic revival style ; The Italianate style -- The postwar architectural tradition.

Subject: During the eight decades preceding the Civil War, Kentucky was the scene of tremendous building activity. Located in the western section of the original English colonies, midway between North and South, Kentucky saw the rise of an architecture that combined the traditions of nationally known designers, eager to achieve the refinements of their English mother culture, alongside the innovativeness and bold originality proper to the frontier. Tradition thus provided a tangible link with world architectural development, while innovation offered refreshing variations. The result was a distinctive r.

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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	NA730.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn900464435

Includes bibliographies and index.

Explorations in techniques and materials. Log structures ; Frame construction ; Stone construction ; Brick building -- Interlude, Shaker communities. Pleasant Hill and South Union -- Evolving a regional architecture. The federal period ; The Georgian survival style ; The geometric phase ; Classicism -- Participation in the popular revival styles. The Greek revival style ; The Gothic revival style ; The Italianate style -- The postwar architectural tradition.

During the eight decades preceding the Civil War, Kentucky was the scene of tremendous building activity. Located in the western section of the original English colonies, midway between North and South, Kentucky saw the rise of an architecture that combined the traditions of nationally known designers, eager to achieve the refinements of their English mother culture, alongside the innovativeness and bold originality proper to the frontier. Tradition thus provided a tangible link with world architectural development, while innovation offered refreshing variations. The result was a distinctive r.

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