Richard Morris Hunt
by Baker, Paul R.Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1986-03-20
Publisher(s): Mit Pr
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Summary
Richard Morris Huntis the definitive biography of the man who was widely regarded by his contemporaries as the dean of American architects and who was a seminal figure in establishing architecture as a profession in the United States. Covering all of Hunt's major commissions-including his famous fifth Avenue mansions and Newport "cottages"-the book provides a fresh look at the artistic achievements of America's Gilded Age. Paul Baker's reassessment of Hunt's works naturally covers his most famous buildings, such as The Breakers and Marble House in Newport, Biltmore House in North Carolina, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the base for the Statue of Liberty. But it also reveals Hunt's designs for houses on a more intimate scale, public buildings and monuments, and commercial structures.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. viii |
| Introduction | p. x |
| New England Roots | p. 2 |
| Enlarging Horizons | p. 13 |
| A Paris Education | p. 26 |
| Travel and Apprenticeship | p. 45 |
| A New York Home | p. 63 |
| Getting Started | p. 80 |
| The Tenth Street Studios | p. 93 |
| The American Institute of Architects | p. 108 |
| A Newport Encounter | p. 118 |
| In Time of War | p. 133 |
| The Central Park Gateways | p. 146 |
| Professional Concerns | p. 162 |
| Serving the Public | p. 177 |
| Fulfilling Commercial Needs | p. 204 |
| Ventures in House Design | p. 226 |
| Clouds over the Seventies | p. 249 |
| A Chateau for Fifth Avenue | p. 266 |
| Monuments and Memorials | p. 300 |
| The Dean of American Architecture | p. 323 |
| The Grand Manner | p. 334 |
| Public Work in the Early Nineties | p. 373 |
| The Chicago Fair | p. 392 |
| Biltmore | p. 412 |
| In the Cause of Art | p. 433 |
| The Ambassador of Art | p. 450 |
| Notes | p. 462 |
| Appendix: A Chronological List of Architectural Work by Richard Morris Hunt | p. 538 |
| Selected Sources | p. 550 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 559 |
| Index | p. 562 |
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