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Henry Hobson Richardson: Drawings from the Collection of Houghton Library, Harvard University

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內容簡介 The first in-depth publication of drawings that reveal the creative genius of H. H. Richardson, the greatest American architect of the nineteenth century The trove of 4,000 drawings, preserved since Richardson’s death, have been largely unpublished, until now. This new book encompasses masterpieces such as Trinity Church in Boston, MA― voted the “most beautiful building in America” in 1885― the Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail in Pittsburgh, PA; the Ames Gate Lodge in Easton, MA; the Glessner House and the Marshall Field Wholesale Store in Chicago, IL; and many more. The book makes a major contribution to Richardson scholarship through its presentation of unpublished sketches, renderings, and plans of more than 50 projects, including city and country houses, churches, libraries, railroad stations, and municipal buildings. Its companion text includes an essay surveying the life and career of Richardson by James F. O’Gorman, the leading scholar of his work, which provides context to the drawings, together with additional essays that discuss the organization of Richardson’s studio in Brookline, MA, and his personal approach to a wide network of clients as well as an overview of the Richardson archive at Harvard.With its curated selection of 450 drawings, meticulously reproduced to reveal the design process and hand of the architect, this book is a revelatory exploration of Richardson’s work, work that set American architecture on a new course and exerted a global influence on the birth of modernism. Henry Hobson Richardson: Drawings from the Collection of Houghton Library was selected for the Classical America Series in Architecture by the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art

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作者介紹 Jay WickershamJay Wickersham is an architect, lawyer, and architectural historian and a former professor in practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.Chris MilfordChris Milford is a partner in the architectural firm of Milford & Ford Associates, specializing in historic preservation and restoration.Hope MayoHope Mayo is the former Philip Hofer Curator of Printing and Graphic Arts at Houghton Library.James F. O’GormanJames F. O’Gorman is the author of Living Architecture: A Biography of H. H. Richardson, among many publications on the architect’s work.Thomas HyryThomas Hyry is director of the Houghton Library at Harvard University.

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最佳賣點 : 19世紀美國最重要建築師之一Henry Hobson Richardson，生前遺下4000多幅設計手稿幾乎從未公開出版，此書精選450多幅、首度出版成書--經精心調整印製，呈現他的精細繪圖功夫與設計心法，同時也探索西方近代建築底蘊、如何催生出現代主義的建築。