[Book review]

Author

Brown, Charlotte Vestal

Document type

Compte rendu de livre

Language

English

Source

Winterthur portfolio. 1990, Num. 2-3, Vol. 25, p. 207-208

ISSN

0084-0416

Abstract (en)

Study of the late 19th and early 20th c. American city planning movement, from its origins in Olmsted's works, the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, and the formation of various associations, to its ascendancy 1904-1910 and its aftermath in the 1940s; includes case studies of Kansas City, Denver, Harrisburg, and Seattle, 1900-1930.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- Urbanism -- United States
• City Beautiful movement
• Urbanism
• United States
• 1800-2000
• Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
• Kansas City (MO, USA)
• Seattle (WA, USA)
• Harrisburg (PA, USA)
• Denver (CO, USA)
• World's Columbian Exposition (1893)||Chicago (IL, USA)
• History

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- Urbanisme -- États-Unis
• City Beautiful movement
• Urbanisme
• Etats-Unis
• 1800-2000
• Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903
• Kansas City (MO, USA)
• Seattle (WA, USA)
• Harrisburg (PA, USA)
• Denver (CO, USA)
• World's Columbian Exposition (1893)||Chicago (IL, USA)
• Histoire

Review of

19920401-00422296

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00422297

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