Identifying American Architecture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, 1600-1945 - Hardcover

John J.G. Blumenson

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Identifying American Architecture, by John J.-G. Blumenson, enables the reader to determine styles and identify architectural terms by comparing real buildings with the book's many photographs (214). Details – roofs, porches, windows, etc., and all terms are listed in an extensive 16-page index. Styles Spanish Colonial, Mission, Pueblo, New England Colonial, Southern Colonial, French Colonial, Dutch Colonial, Georgian, Federal, Roman Classicism, Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Egyptian Revival, Gothic Revival, Victorian Gothic, Italian Villa, Italianate, Renaissance Revival, Second Renaissance Revival, Romanesque Revival, Victorian Romanesque, Chateau, Second Empire, Eastern Stick, Western Stick, Eastlake, Shingle, Queen Anne, Bungalow, Prairie, Art Deco, Art Moderne, and others.

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