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5.0 out of 5 stars
"The Brown Decades" is a treasure.,
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This review is from: The Brown Decades: A Study of the Arts in America, 1865-1895 (Dover Books on Art, Art History) (Paperback)
Easy-to-read & very informative. Mumford writes the most beautiful desctriptions I've ever seen on the following:
1. Why the Brooklyn Bridge is such a marvel. 2. The genius of Louis Sullivan 3. Why & how American-style architecture (as opposed to all the classical revival stuff popularized by The White City in 1893) never took fruit up to the time of this book in 1935 (because 2 of its 3 practitioners died young - HH Richardson & John Root - & because the 3rd one - Louis Sullivan - had poor personal skills that cost him clients, among other problems). The 3 together could have made a difference, but the hill was too steep to climb for just one of them alone. 11/30/10 |
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The Brown Decades: A Study of the Arts in America, 1865-1895 (Dover Books on Art, Art History) by Lewis Mumford (Paperback - June 1, 1971)
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