The imperial mall : the City Beautiful movement and the Washington plan of 1901-1902

Author

Hines, Thomas S.

Document type

Livre (actes de congrès)

Language

English

Conference name

Mall in Washington, 1791-1991

Source

Studies in the history of art. 1991, Vol. 30, 78-99, 20 ill.; 3 maps

ISSN

0091-7338

Abstract (en)

Study of the United States Senate Park Commission plan of 1901-02 (known as the McMillan plan) for Washington, DC. Discusses the design of the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 as the principal catalyst of the City Beautiful movement, of which the McMillan plan, supervised by Burnham, F.L. Olmsted jr., and McKim, became the principal model.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- Urbanism -- United States
• Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
• Urbanism
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Parks
• Olmsted, Frederick Law II, 1870-1957
• World's Columbian Exposition (1893)||Chicago (IL, USA)
• City Beautiful movement
• Washington, DC (USA)
• McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909
• Projects
• Mall||Washington, DC (USA)
• Congress, Senate, Park Commission||United States

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- Urbanisme -- États-Unis
• Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
• Urbanisme
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Parc
• Olmsted, Frederick Law II, 1870-1957
• World's Columbian Exposition (1893)||Chicago (IL, USA)
• City Beautiful movement
• Washington, DC (USA)
• McKim, Charles Follen, 1847-1909
• Projets
• Mall||Washington, DC (USA)
• Congress, Senate, Park Commission||United States

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930401-00366631

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