In 1910 John Merven Carrere, a Paris-trained American architect, wrote, Learning from Paris made Washington outstanding among American cities. The five essays in "Paris on the Potomac" explore aspects of this influence on the artistic and architectural environment of Washington, D.C., which continued long after the well-known contributions of Peter Charles L Enfant, the transplanted French military officer who designed the city s plan. Isabelle Gournay s introductory essay provides an overview and examines the context and issues involved in three distinct periods of French influence: the...
In 1910 John Merven Carrere, a Paris-trained American architect, wrote, Learning from Paris made Washington outstanding among American cities. The fiv...
In 1910 John Merven Carrere, a Paris-trained American architect, wrote, "Learning from Paris made Washington outstanding among American cities." The five essays in Paris on the Potomac explore aspects of this influence on the artistic and architectural environment of Washington, D.C., which continued long after the well-known contributions of Peter Charles L'Enfant, the transplanted French military officer who designed the city's plan. Isabelle Gournay's introductory essay provides an overview and examines the context and issues involved in three distinct periods of French...
In 1910 John Merven Carrere, a Paris-trained American architect, wrote, "Learning from Paris made Washington outstanding among American cities." The f...
While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in "Incidental Architect "Gordon S. Brown describes the intellectual and social scene of the late 1700s through the lives of a prominent couple whose cultural aspirations served as both model and mirror for the city s own. When William and Anna Maria Thornton arrived in Washington, D.C., in 1794, the new nation s capital was little more than a raw village. The Edinburgh educated Thornton and his accomplished wife brought with them the values of the Scottish Enlightenment, an enthusiasm...
While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in "Incidental Architect "Gordon S. Brown des...
While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in "Incidental Architect "Gordon S. Brown describes the intellectual and social scene of the late 1700s through the lives of a prominent couple whose cultural aspirations served as both model and mirror for the city s own. When William and Anna Maria Thornton arrived in Washington, D.C., in 1794, the new nation s capital was little more than a raw village. The Edinburgh educated Thornton and his accomplished wife brought with them the values of the Scottish Enlightenment, an enthusiasm...
While the majority of scholarship on early Washington focuses on its political and physical development, in "Incidental Architect "Gordon S. Brown des...
