Follies in America : a history of garden and park architecture /
This book examines historicized buildings known as "follies," including temples, summerhouses, towers and ruins, from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration in 1876.
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Ithaca, New York :
Cornell University Press,
2021.
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Table of Contents:
- The English Landscape Garden in America
- Temples : Neoclassicism and the Nation
- Summerhouses : Nature Meets Culture
- Towers : The Belvedere and the Panoptic Sublime
- Ruins : The Nineteenth-Century Delight in Decay.