Autonomy and Ideology: Positioning an Avant-garde in America by R.E. Somol architecture great gardens become a celebration

great gardens become a celebration of man's creative need to work with nature

the authors put forth an ambitious parallel history with more than 100 exquisite color prints and wood-block-printed books that trace the evolution of color printing technologies from the early eighteenth century through the explosion of color print techniques in the mid- to late-nineteenth century

creating a fascinating portrait of a young woman equally at home on the stage in her “Indian” costume and in the salons of the rich and powerful

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Autonomy and Ideology: Positioning an Avant-garde in America by R.E. Somol architecture great gardens become a celebrationAutonomy and Ideology: Positioning an Avant Garde in America Edited by R. E. Somol Essays by Beatriz Colomina, Francesco Dal Co, Peter Eisenman, K. Michael Hays, Philip Johnson and Jeffrey Kipnis, Rem Koolhaas, Sanford Kwinter, Phyllis Lambert, Sylvia Lavin, Mark Linder, Detlef Mertins, Joan Ockman, Terence Riley, Colin Rowe, Mitchell Schwarzer, Paulette Singley, Robert E. Somol, and Bernard Tschumi 8vo. pp. 363. b w illustrations. paperback. [New