AN AMERICAN RENAISSANCE: BEAUX-ARTS ARCHITECTURE IN NEW YORK CITY

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ISBN:978-1-86470-681-9
EAN:9781864706819
Editorial: IMAGES PUBLISHING GROUP
Fecha de la edición:2021
Número de la edición: 1
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Encuadernación:CARTONE
Nº Pág.:412
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The Gilded Age, also referred to as the American Renaissance, is an era associated with unparalleled growth, technological advancement, prosperity, and cultural change. Spanning from the 1870s to the 1930s, it marks the first time that the titans of American finance and industry had more wealth than their European counterparts. As the centre of this dynamic economy, New York City attracted immigrant workers and millionaires alike. It was not enough for the self-appointed elite to just build their own grand châteaux and palazzos along Fifth Avenue?collectively they dreamed of creating a new metropolis to rival the great cultural capitals of London, Paris, and Rome. To flaunt their newly acquired wealth they needed an architecture dripping in embellishment and historical reference. Enter the Beaux-Arts.