Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book). by. Kenneth Hafertepe.

Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book). Since the Renaissance, books and drawings have been a primary means of communication among architects and their colleagues and clients. In this volume, twelve historians explore the use of books by architects in America in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a period when the profession of architecture was first emerging in the United States.

Examines the use of books by American architects over a. .James F. O'Gorman is Grace Slack McNeil Professor of the History of Art Emeritus at Wellesley College

Examines the use of books by American architects over a seventy-five-year span. The precedents communicated by books are an 'integral part of the study of the history of buildings,' declares this volume. This work is indispensable for understanding the relationship between books and architecture. O'Gorman is Grace Slack McNeil Professor of the History of Art Emeritus at Wellesley College. Related Subjects: Art and Architecture.

This series includes a substantial list of books on the history of print culture, authorship, reading, writing, printing, and publishing. American Architects and Their Books to 1848. Manuscript Submissions American Architects and Their Books to 1848. Making the News Modernity and the Mass Press in Nineteenth-Century France.

The Architect's Shelf: Books and Print Culture in the Making of a.The history of the book is a now well-established line of inquiry for historians

The Architect's Shelf: Books and Print Culture in the Making of a Profession. The history of the book is a now well-established line of inquiry for historians. Since 1983, the American Antiquarian Society has pioneered the study of the book and of print culture as an interdisciplinary approach to understanding American culture. The result is a coherent and rich discussion of book and print culture and the role it played in forging the architect's profession. Books as an aide to professionalization, indeed, emerges as one of the leading themes in this volume. Many of the architects profiled pursued a similar educational path.

The book continues the discussion of the topic begun in American Architects and Their Books to 1848 (University of Massachusetts Press, 2001). That earlier volume brought together papers delivered at the 1997 Symposium on American Culture" held at Historic Deerfield. The present work publishes twelve papers presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians in Providence, Rhode Island.

Since the Renaissance, books and drawings have been a primary means of communication among architects and their colleagues and clients. In this volume, 12 historians explore the use of books by architects in America in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a period when the profession of architecture was first emerging in the United States.

Since the Renaissance, books and drawings have been a primary means of communication among architects and their colleagues and clients

Since the Renaissance, books and drawings have been a primary means of communication among architects and their colleagues and clients. Architecture, History, General. Architecture, Individual Architects & Firms, General.

Published by: University of Massachusetts Press. Since the Renaissance, architects have been authors and architecture has been the subject of publications. In this well-illustrated volume, a chronological sequel to American Architects and Their Books to 1848, twelve distinguished historians of architecture discuss from various points of view the books that inspired architects both famous and not-so-famous, and the books the architects themselves produced.

Book Description: Since the Renaissance, architects have been authors . Kenneth Hafertepe and James F. O’Gorman.

Book Description: Since the Renaissance, architects have been authors and architecture has been the subject of publications. Architectural forms and theories are spread not just by buildings, but by the distribution of images and descriptions fed through the printing press. In this wellillustrated volume, a chronological sequel to American Architects and Their Books to 1848, twelve distinguished historians of architecture discuss from various points of view the books that inspired architects both famous and notsofamous, and the books the architects themselves produced.

Starting with the assumption "that the better we understand the production and consumption of books, the closer we come to a social history of culture," Hall expertly lays out the state of our knowledge in the areas of printing, literacy, reading, and the interchange between learned and popular.

Starting with the assumption "that the better we understand the production and consumption of books, the closer we come to a social history of culture," Hall expertly lays out the state of our knowledge in the areas of printing, literacy, reading, and the interchange between learned and popular culture in early America. He then argues for a new approach to the early American cultures of print. By stressing how print was used rather than dwelling on quantitative studies of book production and distribution, Hall sketches a fuller, more human picture of early American culture.