Charleston Architecture, 1670-1860: Text
Title | Charleston Architecture, 1670-1860: Text PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Waddell |
Publisher | Gibbs M. Smith, Incorporated |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Architecture |
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This book is about how a consistently high standard of excellence was achieved in Charleston architecture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Regardless of what style Charleston's architects used—Greek or Roman, Gothic or Renaissance, Adamesque or Greek Revival—they were in agreement about what constituted excellence. Special emphasis is placed on the knowledge that was required to create Charleston's early architecture. An introduction discusses the writings and buildings of Andrea Palladio, Robert Adam, A. Welby Pugin, and other influential architects. Sources of inspiration for Charleston buildings have included specific buildings in Greece, Italy, England, France and Germany. Whenever possible, primary sources of information were used to determine how various types of Charleston buildings were designed and constructed. A dozen of the city's best-documented buildings are considered in detail as a basis for comparison:
Charleston Architecture, 1670-1860: Illustrations
Title | Charleston Architecture, 1670-1860: Illustrations PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Waddell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 666 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Architecture |
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Charleston Architecture 1670 - 1860
Title | Charleston Architecture 1670 - 1860 PDF eBook |
Author | Gene Waddell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 631 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | |
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Our Charleston, 1670-1860
Title | Our Charleston, 1670-1860 PDF eBook |
Author | Junior League of Charleston (S.C.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | Charleston (S.C.) |
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Our Charleston, 1670-1860
Title | Our Charleston, 1670-1860 PDF eBook |
Author | Junior League of Charleston (S.C.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 38 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | Charleston (S.C.) |
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Importance of Charleston in Southern History, 1670-1860
Title | Importance of Charleston in Southern History, 1670-1860 PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Tom Miles |
Publisher | |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 1940 |
Genre | Charleston (S.C.) |
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Our Charleston 1670-1860
Title | Our Charleston 1670-1860 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | Charleston (S.C.) |
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