The Civic Architecture of Paul Cret
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1996
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| Number of Pages |
274 pp.
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Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge, England
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| ISBN |
9780521496018
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| Annotation |
Cret designed the Indianapolis Public Library and the Folger Shakespeare Library.
Contents:
Cret in France : 1878-1903 family and education: Lyon and Paris
The Concours Chenevard
The Pan American Union building competition: a lesson in Beaux-Arts design
The Indianapolis public library: a type for the United States
The Nebraska State Capitol competition
The Detroit Institute of Arts: the art museum between history and pleasure
The Hartford County Building and Courthouse: a crisis of classicism
The Folger Shakespeare library : style as parti
Two last competitions: the Federal Reserve Board and the Smithsonian Gallery of Art
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