The Resource The magnificent builders and their dream houses, by Joseph J. Thorndike Jr. and the editors of American Heritage
The magnificent builders and their dream houses, by Joseph J. Thorndike Jr. and the editors of American Heritage
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- Summary
- An architectural look at expensive private homes from the past and present and the motivations of their builders
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- Rulers in search of glory: Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, Henri Christophe, Philip II
- Kings for their pleasure: Hadrian, Diocletian, Ludwig II, George IV, Francis I
- Architects for themselves: Frank Lloyd Wright, Juan O'Gorman, Herbert Greene, Philip Johnson, Richard Foster, Paolo Soleri, John Soane
- Inspired women: Diane de Poitiers, Elizabeth Shrewsbury, Sarah Winchester, Sarah Churchill, Isabella Gardner
- Artists as builders: Mark Twain, Sir Walter Scott, William Gillette, Frederick Church, Peter Paul Rubens, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Horace Walpole
- Eastern potentates: Darius the Great, Shah Jahan, Maharana Jagat Singh, Ibn al-Ahmar
- Princely Americans: Thomas Jefferson, Haller Nutt, The Vanderbilt family, George Boldt, John Ringling, William Randolph Hearst
- Isbn
- 9780828130646
- Label
- The magnificent builders and their dream houses
- Title
- The magnificent builders and their dream houses
- Statement of responsibility
- by Joseph J. Thorndike Jr. and the editors of American Heritage
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An architectural look at expensive private homes from the past and present and the motivations of their builders
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 909
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- NA7120
- LC item number
- .T46
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Label
- The magnificent builders and their dream houses, by Joseph J. Thorndike Jr. and the editors of American Heritage
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Rulers in search of glory: Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, Henri Christophe, Philip II -- Kings for their pleasure: Hadrian, Diocletian, Ludwig II, George IV, Francis I -- Architects for themselves: Frank Lloyd Wright, Juan O'Gorman, Herbert Greene, Philip Johnson, Richard Foster, Paolo Soleri, John Soane -- Inspired women: Diane de Poitiers, Elizabeth Shrewsbury, Sarah Winchester, Sarah Churchill, Isabella Gardner -- Artists as builders: Mark Twain, Sir Walter Scott, William Gillette, Frederick Church, Peter Paul Rubens, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Horace Walpole -- Eastern potentates: Darius the Great, Shah Jahan, Maharana Jagat Singh, Ibn al-Ahmar -- Princely Americans: Thomas Jefferson, Haller Nutt, The Vanderbilt family, George Boldt, John Ringling, William Randolph Hearst
- Control code
- 4004884
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9780828130646
- Lccn
- 78018371
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Label
- The magnificent builders and their dream houses, by Joseph J. Thorndike Jr. and the editors of American Heritage
- Note
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Rulers in search of glory: Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, Henri Christophe, Philip II -- Kings for their pleasure: Hadrian, Diocletian, Ludwig II, George IV, Francis I -- Architects for themselves: Frank Lloyd Wright, Juan O'Gorman, Herbert Greene, Philip Johnson, Richard Foster, Paolo Soleri, John Soane -- Inspired women: Diane de Poitiers, Elizabeth Shrewsbury, Sarah Winchester, Sarah Churchill, Isabella Gardner -- Artists as builders: Mark Twain, Sir Walter Scott, William Gillette, Frederick Church, Peter Paul Rubens, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Horace Walpole -- Eastern potentates: Darius the Great, Shah Jahan, Maharana Jagat Singh, Ibn al-Ahmar -- Princely Americans: Thomas Jefferson, Haller Nutt, The Vanderbilt family, George Boldt, John Ringling, William Randolph Hearst
- Control code
- 4004884
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9780828130646
- Lccn
- 78018371
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
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