Description: Real Life Size Book VICTORIAN HOUSES A TREASURY OF LESSER-KNOWN EXAMPLES BY EDMUND V. GILLON JR. & CLAY LANCASTER America has a rich heritage of architecture which many people have never been aware of. This is not the great public buildings and monuments in the large cities but rather the domestic architecture of both town and countryside. This present volume contains 116 photographs by Edmund V. Gillon, Jr with commentaries by Clay Lancaster of such lesser-known examples from the Victorian period in America.What unfolds before the observer is a combination of many styles: Swiss, Gothic, Classical, to which the Victorians have added characteristics and innovations distinctly their own. There are examples of octagonal houses, Americanized Chalets, grand country estates, and out of the way cottages. Sometimes the examples are comical, such as the house with four identical sides, and sometimes they are pretentious, as a pillored dwelling in Bridgeport, CT, P.T. Barnum's home town. But these photographs are never uninteresting. They take you through a world of architecture which now through modernization and urban renewal is rapidly passing away. Modern people especially fail to appreciate the beauty and purpose of much of this architecture because the school of thought behind it is so different from our own. But through Mr. Gillon's excellent photography and Mr. Lancaster's introduction and incisive commentaries on each example, the grace and distinction of these houses become readily apparent. This book is brand new.E252**For more Books or Dollhouse Miniatures, please visit my ebay store,Dollys GalleryPay for shipping on first item, and any additional items ship FREE to United States addressInternational Shipping is calculated by weightI will combine shipping**To receive shipping discount...please pay for all items with one combined payment...otherwise you will not receive the shipping discount**
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Type: Academic History
Era: 1900s
Title: Victorian Houses A Treasury of Lesser-Known Exampl
Age Level: Adults, Young Adults
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subjects: Leisure, Hobbies & Lifestyle
Subject: Architecture & Design
Book Title: Victorian Houses : a Treasury of Lesser-Known Examples
Item Length: 9.5in.
Item Width: 11.4in.
Author: Clay Lancaster, Edmund V. Gillon Jr.
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Buildings / Residential, General, History / General
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1973
Genre: Architecture
Item Weight: 16.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 117 Pages
