George Washington's eye [electronic resource] : landscape, architecture, and design at Mount Vernon / Joseph Manca.
Publication details: Baltimore [Md.] : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.Description: ix, 297 p., [18] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)ISBN:- 9781421404325 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
- 142140432X (hdbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781421405612 (e-book)
- Landscape, architecture, and design at Mount Vernon
- 711/.409755291 23
- NA737.W37 M36 2012eb
eBooks
Includes bibliographical references and index.
George Washington : morality and the crafting of self -- The mansion house at Mount Vernon, and other architectural designs -- George Washington's portico -- Washington as gardener : creating the landscape -- Mount Vernon and British gardening -- "The finest view in the world" : prospects, pictures, and the picturesque -- Washington as artist, critic, patron, and collector -- "Under my vine and fig-tree " : biblical and classical perfection at Mount Vernon -- Epilogue. Mount Vernon in the American imagination -- Abbreviations for frequently cited sources.
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