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Genre/Form: | History |
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Named Person: | Julia Morgan; Julia Morgan |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Russell L Quacchia |
ISBN: | 9781413488197 1413488196 9781413488203 141348820X |
OCLC Number: | 62952271 |
Description: | 253 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Preface -- Introduction -- Julia Morgan, Architect : A biographical sketch -- The Ecole des Beux-Arts : Architectural training in Paris -- The arts and crafts movement : English origins and the San Francisco Bay region's unique version -- The San Francisco Bay region : Emerging technologies and institutions in the formative years -- Julia Morgan's two largest projects : Hearst Castle and Asilomar, a comparison -- The site of Asilomar, Pacific Grove : The origins of a Monterey Bay township -- The Asilomar Conference Grounds : The manner and course of its founding -- Asilomar's Julia Morgan buildings : Artistically considered -- Asilomar's Julia Morgan buildings : Experientially considered -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix A. Alta California : From Spanish territory to the Gold Rush and statehood -- Appendix B. The Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris : Its history and design theory -- Appendix C. Asilomar's buildings and improvements designed by Julia Morgan -- Appendix D. Julia Morgan : Chronology. |
Responsibility: | by Russell L. Quacchia. |
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