missing image Richard Morris Hunt: Administration Building, Chicago, 1893 This 11 by 14 inch photogravure of the great Administration Building at the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was taken from a set of 25 drawings of the exposition buildings. It was the main focus of the fair, and one of the masterpieces of its architect, Richard Morris Hunt (1827-1895). With its fine classical detailing and sweeping scale, this large building was integral to the "White City" concept of the
The Biltmore Estate is located in Asheville, North Carolina. It is the largest privately owned home in the United States. It was privately owned by George Washington Vanderbilt and his family. The house was designed by Richard Morris Hunt. Frederick Law Olmsted designed the landscape. The Biltmore Estate had a major role in the development of the creative architecture of the era and is well known for being America's largest home. The Biltmore Estate was built from 1889 and 1895. It cost about $10
Richard Morris Hunt was an American architect born in 1827. Hunt was born in Brattleboro, Vermont. His dad was a lawyer and US congressman, so their family had lots of money. He first attended Boston Latin School, and then in 1943 when his father died, he traveled to Europe to study art and architecture. In 1846 he would become the first American to attend the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, the finest architecture school in the world. He finally settled in New York in 1855, where he made it
style known as repoussage to form the figure with copper sheets hammered to the molds-created by wooden forms places on the plaster. (Hansen) Meanwhile in the United States, Richard Morris Hunt and Charles P. Stone designed and engineered the foundation and pedestal. The architect for Liberty's pedestal, Richard Morris Hunt, designed an 89-foot-high pedestal that would sit upon a concrete foundation that is resting within the 11-pointed star-shaped walls. (Hansen) General Charles P. Stone was the
Le Temps D’Une Chasse: One Take on Québec Cinema Québec’s peculiar political and cultural status as a French-speaking and reluctant province of an English Canadian Confederation began to change with the rise of a militant independence movement in the 1960s and 1970s. … [Its] emergent cinema, although it never speaks with one voice, could be said to share, both implicitly and explicitly, in a common struggle … of exploring, questioning and constructing a notion of nationhood in the films themselves
was able to identify the shape of the building as a late-European architecture. Lucky enough, when I asked one of the staff members at the museum about the architecture of the building, they said that one of the contributing architects was Richard Morris Hunt, who is known for the “Beaux-Arts” architecture around the New York and other states. Enchantingly enough, it’s really only the façade and the entrance that define Beaux-Art. As I journeyed through the different eras and cultures, the design
shame that after all the work, and all of the visitors, and all the critics’ reviews, in the end the buildings have to be torn down! Bibliography No author cited. “World’s Fair.” World Book Encyclopedia. 1896 ed. Hunt, William Dudley Jr. “Beaux Arts, Ecole Des.” Hunt Encyclopedia of American Architecture, 1980 ed. Books Burg, David F. Chicago’s White City of 1893. Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 1976. No author cited. The Columbian World’s Fair Atlas. Ohio: W.F. Towns
served as an exhibition hall at the time, many agreed it was obsolete. According to Richard Morris Hunt, a prestigious American architect, "from the very day it began to rise above the ground the critics cried against the destruction of one of the finest perspective views that Paris afforded, and condemned this heavy and compact mask that was being interposed between the Champs Elysées and the dome of the Invalides" (Hunt, 31). Hénard recommended replacing the Palais de l'Industrie with two buildings
famous Galerie des Machines at the Paris exposition of 1889. New York architect George B. Post (1837-1913) was chosen to design the Manufactures building from a group of mostly eastern architects selected for the major fair buildings, including Richard Morris Hunt and McKim, Mead and White. His experience in large classically detailed New York buildings such as the Produce Exchange (1881-84) and the Havemeyer Building (1891-93), both demolished, made him a good candidate to uphold the White City ideal
Whitewater vs. Watergate. Both are political sandals that have rocked the nation. As Watergate unraveled, many of Nixon's dirty tactics were learned, including assorted lists of enemies (a number of which became targets of IRS tax audits), wiretapping, political sabotage, burglary, blackballing, and smear campaigns. Similarly, as Whitewater unfolded, the scandal appeared to involve more than just an illegal loan. It touched on possible hush money paid to witnesses and includes the acquisition of
A cultural space can be defined in many ways. Everyone defines a cultural space differently. For some it could be a local park and for others it can be the internet. Even if people have never seen it in person, the power it holds brings so much influence. The Statue of Liberty in New York City is not only just an attraction for tourists but a significant space in the United States. The Statue of Liberty is the most socially and culturally valuable types of cultural space. Culture and history is embedded
Kerry Manderback. “Hegemony, Cultural Hegemony, and The Americanization of Imported Media.” Accessed November 28, 2013. http://www.academia.edu/2942539/Hegemony_Cultural_Hegemony_and_The_Americanization_of_Imported_Media. Stuckey, Mary E., and Richard Morris. “Pocahontas and Beyond: Commodification and Cultural Hegemony.” World Communication 28, no. 2 (April 1999): 45.
29). Although some Frenchmen opposed the destruction of the Palais de I'lndustrie, which was seen as one of the most conspicuous landmarks on the Champs Elysées and served as a museum at the time, many agreed it was obsolete. According to Richard Morris Hunt, a prestigious American architect, "from the very day it began to rise above the ground the critics cried against the... ... middle of paper ... ...ols. Vol 10. Philidelphia: G. Barrie & Son, 1900-02. Herbert, James D. Paris 1937: Worlds
John Keats’ Ode to a Nightingale As a poem, distinguished by a beauty that contrasts "real melancholy" with "imaginary relief" (Wullschlager, 4, quoting Leigh Hunt), Ode to a Nightingale was written at a time in his life when Keats found himself caught at the junction between two worlds. Published in the spring of 1819 (May, 1819), Keats' poem is written soon after a previous December that marked both the death of his brother Thomas Keats and an engagement to Fanny Browne. Struggling between
New York City is probably the most well-known city in the whole entire world. It is known as the Big Apple, where “dreams are made of” (Alicia Keys) and that “if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.” (Sinatra) New York is commonly referred to as the financial and cultural capital of the world. So it is not surprising to learn that New York City is the center of many of the most important political landmarks in American history. Perhaps the most famous and most endearing is the green statue
this period, thousands of people lost their jobs and hundreds were sent to prison. The U.S. government executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, two Communist Party (CP) members, as Russian spies. All of these people were victims of McCarthyism, the witch-hunt during the 1940s and 1950s against Communists and other leftists, trade unionists and civil rights activists, intellectuals and artists. Named for the witch-hunt's most zealous prosecutor, Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-Wis.), McCarthyism was the most widespread
The American Dream The American Dream. A dream that no matter what, if you work hard enough, you can become rich and life will be good. “In 1931, James Truslow Adams first defined the “American Dream” by writing that “life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement” regardless of social status or birth circumstance” (Schoenherr). This dream to some can be silly but to others is the way the world is supposed to work. In “The
to drop the charges or further the investigation. If the public official is found guilty a two thirds majority vote from the Senate is necessary. The most recent president to face an impeachment hearing was Bill Clinton. A previous case involving Richard Nixon, Watergate, was held in 1974. Rather than facing an embarrassment with impeachment Nixon chose to resign in disgrace. Both cases were very much similar yet different. In the Watergate scandal many of Nixon's dirty tactics were learned, including
Studies have shown that perceived stress and stressors are not necessarily consistent across all college students. Morris, Brooks and May (2003) reported that this construct had been shown to differ between traditional and non-traditional students. Traditional are unmarried and are not employed and are in school full time. Conversely, nontraditional students may be married
otherworldly, concerns of people. These forces produced during the reign (1558–1603) of Elizabeth I one of the most fruitful eras in literary history. The energy of England's writers matched that of its mariners and merchants. Accounts by men such as Richard Hakluyt, Samuel Purchas, and Sir Walter Raleigh were eagerly read. The activities and literature of the Elizabethans reflected a new nationalism, which expressed itself also in the works of chroniclers (John Stow, Raphael Holinshed, and others), historians