Owen on public architecture
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Author: Owen, Robert Dale
Title: Hints on Public Architecture: Containing among other Illustrations, Views and Plans of the Smithsonian...
Place Published: New York
Publisher:George P. Putnam
Date Published: 1849
Description:
xvii, 119 pp. With six lithographs, seven engravings, and woodcut illustrations throughout. (4to) green cloth decorated in gilt, gilt lettering to spine. First Edition.
A work by Owen to demonstrate concepts of "good taste" in architecture to members of the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institute. Owen was a member of the House of Representatives from Indiana, and was instrumental in the passage of legislation that would fund the building of the Smithsonian. Owen argues that Norman Romanesque architecture is most fitting for American public buildings, to varying degrees of success.
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Author: Owen, Robert Dale
Title: Hints on Public Architecture: Containing among other Illustrations, Views and Plans of the Smithsonian...
Place Published: New York
Publisher:George P. Putnam
Date Published: 1849
Description:
xvii, 119 pp. With six lithographs, seven engravings, and woodcut illustrations throughout. (4to) green cloth decorated in gilt, gilt lettering to spine. First Edition.
A work by Owen to demonstrate concepts of "good taste" in architecture to members of the Building Committee of the Smithsonian Institute. Owen was a member of the House of Representatives from Indiana, and was instrumental in the passage of legislation that would fund the building of the Smithsonian. Owen argues that Norman Romanesque architecture is most fitting for American public buildings, to varying degrees of success.
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