George Washington's eye
Manca, Joseph, 1956-
George Washington's eye landscape, architecture, and design at Mount Vernon / [electronic resource] : Joseph Manca. - Baltimore [Md.] : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (344 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
9781421405612 142140561X
Washington, George, 1732-1799 --Aesthetics.
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
Electronic books.
NA737.W37 / M36 2012
711/.409755291
George Washington's eye landscape, architecture, and design at Mount Vernon / [electronic resource] : Joseph Manca. - Baltimore [Md.] : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (344 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
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.
9781421405612 142140561X
Washington, George, 1732-1799 --Aesthetics.
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
Electronic books.
NA737.W37 / M36 2012
711/.409755291