Antiquity in Gotham : the ancient architecture of New York City.

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The first detailed study of "Neo-Antique" architecture applies an archaeological lens to the study of New York City's structuresSince the city's inception, New Yorkers have deliberately and purposefully engaged with ancient architecture to design and erect many of its most iconic...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Macaulay-Lewis, Elizabeth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2021.
Temas:
Architecture > New York (State) > New York.
Architecture > Roman influences.
Architecture > New York (État) > New York.
ARCHITECTURE / History / Ancient & Classical.
Architecture
Architecture > Roman influences
Buildings
New York (N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
New York (State) > New York
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Antiquity in Gotham
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction: From the Appian Way to Broadway
  • Why Antiquity?
  • Methodologies, Evidence, and Themes: Archaeology, Reception Studies, and the Neo- Antique
  • Organization of the Chapters
  • 1. Herculean Efforts: New York City's Infrastructure
  • The Grid
  • Rivaling Rome and the Sphinx: The Croton Aqueduct and Murray Hill Distributing Reservoir
  • Bridging the East River in Style: The Manhattan Bridge
  • Train Stations: Appropriating the Colonnades and Baths of Imperial Rome
  • Conclusions
  • 2. The Genius of Architecture: Ancient Muses and Modern Forms
  • The Parthenon on Wall Street: The US Custom House
  • Brooklyn Borough Hall, the Manhattan Municipal Building, and Foley Square
  • The Tombs
  • Conclusions
  • 3. Trea suries of Old and Trea suries of New
  • Banks
  • Ware houses and Commercial Lofts
  • The First and Second Merchants' Exchanges
  • The New York Stock Exchange
  • Skyscrapers
  • Modernism and Its Debt to Classical Architecture: The Seagram Building
  • Conclusions
  • 4. Modern Museions
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
  • Temples to Monkeys, Birds, and Lions: The Architecture of the New York Zoological Society
  • The New York State Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt at the American Museum of Natural History
  • Pantheons and a Stadium: The Architecture of New York's Universities
  • Public Libraries
  • Conclusions
  • 5. Togas at Home
  • Domestic Architecture and the Greek Revival Style in New York City
  • The Tredwell Home
  • Residences in New York City after the Civil War
  • Pompeian Rooms in New York City
  • The Mansion and Greco-Pompeian Music Room of Henry G. Marquand
  • Aspirational Antiquity: Décor and Design for the Middle Classes
  • Apartment Buildings: Classical Forms in the Sky
  • Conclusions
  • 6. Dining Like Nero
  • The Development of the Lobster Palaces
  • Murray's Roman Gardens
  • The Café de l'Opéra
  • Conclusions
  • 7. To Be Buried Like a Pharaoh
  • New York's Cemeteries before 1838
  • Green-Wood and Woodlawn
  • Classical Temples to New York's Emperors and Gods
  • Obelisks, Pyramids, Temples, and a Barque Kiosk
  • Conclusions
  • 8. Heroic New Yorkers
  • Arches to Washington
  • The Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch, Grand Army Plaza
  • The Column to Columbus
  • Monuments in Early Twentieth-Century New York
  • Conclusions
  • 9. Eclectic Antiquity
  • Snug Harbor and Grecian Temple Churches
  • Bathing Culture in New York City
  • Fraternal Organ izations: The Grand Masonic Lodge and the Pythian Temple
  • Theaters
  • Conclusions
  • Reflections: Useable Pasts and Neo-Antique Futures
  • Glossary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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