George Washington´s eye : landscape, architecture, and design at Mount Vernon /

Manca, Joseph, 1956- ,

George Washington´s eye : landscape, architecture, and design at Mount Vernon / Joseph Manca. - ix, 297 páginas, [32] páginas de láminas : ilustraciones (algunas a color), mapas

Incluye bibliografía.

George Washington : morality and the crafting of self -- The mansion house at Mount Vernon, and other architectural designs -- George Washington´s portico -- Washington as gardener : creating the landscape -- Mount Vernon and British gardening -- ´The finest view in the world´ : prospects, pictures, and the picturesque -- Washington as artist, critic, patron, and collector -- ´Under my vine and fig-tree ´ : biblical and classical perfection at Mount Vernon -- Epilogue. Mount Vernon in the American imagination -- Abbreviations for frequently cited sources.

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Washington, George, Pres. Estados Unidos, 1732-1799 --Estética.


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