Barbara Burlison Mooney
Prodigy Houses of Virginia
Barbara Burlison Mooney · 2007
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Introduction : "An art which shews so much" -- Defining the prodigy house : architectural aesthetics and the colonial dialect -- "Blind stupid fortune" : profiling the architectural patron -- "Reason reascends her throne" : the impact of dowry -- "Each rascal will be a director" : architectural patrons and the building process -- Learning to become "good mechanics in building" -- Epistemologies of female space : early Tidewater mansions -- Political power and the limits of genteel architecture
Book details
- Year
- 2007
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 400
- ISBN
- 9780813926735
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