James D. Kornwolf is Professor of Art and Art History at the College of William and Mary.
A monumental survey... Historians and art historians will find much
that is valuable... and come away awed at the audacious scale of
the book... James Kornwolf embarked on a study that most other
scholars would never have attempted. We will profit from his work
for years to come.--J. Ritchie Garrison "Journal of American
History "
In its comprehensiveness and in its incorporation of the half
century of research since the appearance of the previous standard
study of the subject, Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial
North America establishes a new foundation for its field...
Kornwolf's work provides a readable and authoritative overview of
the present understanding of the past and will serve as the basis
on which the next generation will construct the twenty-first
century's view of the Colonial development of the North American
landscape.--Dwight Shurko"Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia)"
(01/01/0001)
Nothing on this scale for North American design has ever before
been attempted... Spanning three centuries, from Jean Ribault's
1562 attempt to establish permanent settlement on Parris Island,
South Carolina, to the 1867 formation of the Dominion of Canada,
these volumes constitute the most detailed yet comprehensive
account of what North Americans (including Indians and African
Americans) built -- firmly anchored in design history, social and
political context, and environmental influences -- that we are ever
likely to have.--Robert Twombly "Reviews in American History "
"A monument of scholarly publishing, this three-volume work is the
first thorough history of its subject... Comprehensive and
detailed, it examines -- in unusually brisk and intelligent prose,
and with more than 4,000 aptly chosen illustrations -- the public
and private buildings; the forts and harbors; the squares and
greens; and the gardens and landscapes of the New World... A
remarkable work of both art history and social history, these
volumes keenly assess the aesthetic triumphs of town planning and
landscape design... but they also reveal how structures and designs
reflected North America's disparate cultural, environmental, and
religious characteristics... Thank God for university presses;
these beautiful books are of lasting importance." -- Atlantic
Monthly
"A monumental survey... Historians and art historians will find
much that is valuable... and come away awed at the audacious scale
of the book... James Kornwolf embarked on a study that most other
scholars would never have attempted. We will profit from his work
for years to come." -- J. Ritchie Garrison, Journal of American
History
"An extensively researched, detailed examination and thoughtful
exposition of architecture, town planning, and landscape gardening
in what are now the U.S. and Canada from the earliest 16th-century
settlements to about 1820... Highly recommended." -- Choice
"In its comprehensiveness and in its incorporation of the half
century of research since the appearance of the previous standard
study of the subject, Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial
North America establishes a new foundation for its field...
Kornwolf's work provides a readable and authoritative overview of
the present understanding of the past and will serve as the basis
on which the next generation will construct the twenty-first
century's view of the Colonial development of the North American
landscape." -- Dwight Shurko, Daily Press (Newport News,
Virginia)
"Nothing on this scale for North American design has ever before
been attempted... Spanning three centuries, from Jean Ribault's
1562 attempt to establish permanent settlement on Parris Island,
South Carolina, to the 1867 formation of the Dominion of Canada,
these volumes constitute the most detailed yet comprehensive
account of what North Americans (including Indians and African
Americans) built -- firmly anchored in design history, social and
political context, and environmental influences -- that we are ever
likely to have." -- Robert Twombly, Reviews in American History
"This magnum opus documents in impressive detail the builders and
planners of colonial towns and cities of Canada and the United
States and the architecture of those places. With a thorough grasp
of the political and economic context of urban from, Kornwolf
organizes the material by influence... Original and important
scholarship abounds... Highly informative graphic figures
illustrate town plans, floor plans, and historic views... This is
very likely the most informative source on colonial architecture of
North America in print." -- Library Journal
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