Follies in America: A History of Garden and Park Architecture Daniel M. Wright strong argument that these marches

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ISBN10: 0762739630

Published: 07/01/1991

Follies in America: A History of Garden and Park Architecture Daniel M. Wright strong argument that these marchesFollies in America examines historicized garden buildings, known as follies, from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration in 1876. In a period of increasing nationalism, follies such as temples, summerhouses, towers, and ruins brought a range of European architectural styles to the United States. By imprinting the land with symbols of European culture, landscape gardeners brought their idea of civilization to the American