Imaginary wilds : architectural interventions for the Thomas Cole National Historic Site /

The myth of a wild, untouched landscape is persistent in American history. Imaginary wilds helped define an American identity in the early nineteenth century when Thomas Cole produced a series of masterwork paintings of American landscapes. And today the myth of imaginary wilds continues to have a m...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. School of Architecture
Other Authors:	Dayem, Adam (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Novato, California] : ORO Editions, [2024].
Subjects:	Thomas Cole National Historic Site (Catskill, N.Y.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Designs and plans > Exhibitions. Architecture > New York (State) > Catskill > 21st century > Designs and plans > Exhibitions. Cole, Thomas, > 1801-1848 > Influence > Exhibitions. Architecture > Environmental aspects > Exhibitions.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Evan Douglis
Preface / Elizabeth B. Jacks
Imaginary wilds: in dialogue with real and ideal natures / Adam Dayem
Nostalgic future: Thomas Cole, oil tanks, and everyday monumentality / David Salomon
A meditation on Thomas Cole: breaking ground / Cathryn Dwyre-Perry
Thomas Cole's built landscape / William L. Coleman
Design and the (de)construction of nature / instructor, Jillian Crandall
Et in Arcadia ego / instructor, David Bell
Containers for the uncontainable / instructor, Adam Dayem
Steps and sub-plots / instructor, Gustavo Crembil
The art of being (un)original / instructor, Leandro Piazzi.