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049			_aCARIBET
050	0	0	_aNA9030 _bH4 2008
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100	1		_aHegemann, Werner _d1881-1936. _9233861
245	1	4	_aThe American Vitruvius : _ban architects' handbook of civic art. / _cby Werner Hegemann and Elbert Peets ; edited with an introduction by Alan J. Plattus ; preface by Leon Krier ; and introductory essay by Christiane Crasemann Collins. _htxt
264			_aNew York : _bThe Architectural Book Publishing Company , _c2008.
300			_axxii, 298 p. _bill. ; plans ; _c28 cm. _fbook
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediaded _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
500			_aIncludes index.
501			_aReprint, with new prefatory matter. Originally published: New York : Architectural Book Pub. Co., 1922.
504			_aBibliography: p. [294].
505			_a1 INTRODUCTION -- 7 THE MODERN REVIVAL OF CIVIC ART -- The teachings of Camillo Sitte; the medieral and Renaissance designs upon which Sitte's teachings were founded. -- 28 PLAZA AND COURT DESIGN IN EUROPE -- Greek and Roman precedents, 28; Renaissance courts and plazas, 37; the size of Renaissance plazas, 42; buildings standing within plazas, especially "central buildings", 49; Piazza Nan Pietro, Rome, 50; churches fronting on plazas, 54; theaters and theater plazas, 62: the royal plazas of France, 67; Paris plaza competition of 1748, 79; Various Renaissance plazas, 84; modern court and plaza designs, 93. -- 99 THE GROUPING OF BUILDINGS IN AMERICA -- The world's fairs, 99; the development of the American college campus, 110; hospital and other institutional groups, 127; American, civic centers, 133. -- 151 ARCHITECTURAL STREET DESIGN -- Vistas and terminal features, 152; churches in street design, 164; harmonious street facades, 173: street arcades and colonnades, 187. -- 199 GARDEN ART AS civic ART -- Private estates as examples of buildings controlling the design of large areas, 200; parks and gardens, 204; garden squares, 220; cemeteries, 224. -- 227 CITY PLANS AS UNIFIED DESIGNS -- Richelieu, 227; old towns and ideal plans, 229; Rome, 230; Versailles and Carlsruhe, 232; Ludwigslust, 238; Paris, 240; London, 245; Wren's plan, 246; Berlin and Petrograd, 247; American radial plans, 248; rectangular plans, 249; town extensions, 251; plans and views of gridiron and diagonal layouts, 252; Mannheim, 254; gridiron variations, 256: Philadelphia, 261; land subdivisions and residence groups, 262; German and English garden suburbs, 264; American war housing, 273; more expensive residence groups, 276. -- 285 THE PLAN OF WASHINGTON -- L'Enfant's plan as a type plan; Pennsylvania Avenue; the "circles"; Capitol Square; the Mall; the White House. -- 294 LIST OF BOOKS USED AS SOURCES -- 295 INDEX --
650		0	_aArt, Municipal. _9197587 _2Local
650		0	_aArchitecture _954081 _2Washington (D.C.)
650		0	_aArchitecture _954081 _2Pictorial works
650		0	_aCities and towns _973674 _2Planning
650		0	_aCity planning _973701 _2Local
700	1		_aPeets, Elbert _d1886-1968. _9262730
700			_aMyers, Thomas C. Jr. _9296346
740	0		_aCivic art.
942			_c6 _hA9030 _2lcc _kGeneral _mH4 2008
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