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George Washington's Eye:

Landscape, Architecture, and Design at Mount Vernon
  • ISBN-13: 9781421404325
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Joseph Manca
  • Price: AUD $120.00
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/11/2012
  • Format: Hardback 344 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Architecture [AM]
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On the banks of the Potomac River, Mount Vernon stands, with its iconic portico boasting breathtaking views and with a landscape to rival the great gardens of Europe, as a monument to George Washingtons artistic and creative efforts. More than one million people visit Mount Vernon each yeardrawn to the stature and beauty of Washingtons family estate.Art historian Joseph Manca systematically examines Mount Vernonits stylistic, moral, and historical dimensionsoffering a complete picture of this national treasure and the man behind its enduring design. Manca brings to light a Washington deeply influenced by his wide travels in colonial America, with a broader architectural knowledge than previously suspected, and with a philosophy that informed his aesthetic sensibility. Washington believed that design choices and personal character mesh to form an ethic of virtue and fulfillment and that art is inextricably linked with moral and social concerns. Manca examines how these ideas shaped the material culture of Mount Vernon.Based on careful study of Washingtons personal diaries and correspondence and on the lively accounts of visitors to his estate, this richly illustrated book introduces a George Washington unfamiliar to many readersan avid art collector, amateur architect, and leading landscape designer of his time.

Preface
1. George Washington: Morality and the Crafting of Self
2. The Mansion House at Mount Vernon and Other Architectural Designs
3. George Washington's Portico
4. Washington as Gardener: Creating the Landscape
5. Mount Vernon and British Gardening
6. Prospects, Pictures, and the Picturesque
7. Washington as Artist, Critic, Patron, and Collector
8. Under His Vine and Fig Tree
Biblical and Classical Perfection at Mount Vernon
Epilogue
Notes
Index

""This work makes many key contributions to the study of Washington's life and activities.""

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