Academia by William Morgan HARDBACK 9780789214683

Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.

\""This is a volume that will be informative to specialists, but also a visual delight for the average reader. An indispensable addition to the field.\"" \u2015 John Wilmerding, Sarofim Professor of American Art, emeritus, Princeton University\n\""William Morgan offers an overview of the flowering of the collegiate Gothic style in America between the Civil War and the crash of 1929. Here is a splendidly illustrated book full of insight.\"" \u2015 New Criterion\nExplore America's most breathtaking college campuses \u2015 where Gilded Age wealth found a Gothic inspiration.\nThe Collegiate Gothic style, which flourished between the Gilded Age and the Jazz Age, was intended to lend an air of dignified history to America\u2019s relatively youthful seats of higher learning. In fact, this mash-up of Oxbridge quaintness with\n\nAcademia\nCollegiate Gothic Architecture in the United States\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail t;