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Dorsey, John Russell was born on December 17, 1938 in Baltimore. Son of Charles Howard and Emma (Deputy) Dorsey.
(From eighteenth-century mansions to urban high-rise build...)
From eighteenth-century mansions to urban high-rise buildings, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture chronicles two hundred years of architectural history through an exploration of the city's most beautiful and significant structures. Grouped by neighborhood in fifteen walking and driving tours, more than two hundred notable Baltimore buildings are pictured and described with commentary on their history and style. Thoroughly rewritten, the guide incorporates new photographs, maps, and tours as well as updated biographies of Baltimore architects. This edition also features a fresh examination of twentieth-century design in Baltimore by architectural historian Phoebe B. Stanton.
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( A marriage of photography and criticism, this elegant v...)
A marriage of photography and criticism, this elegant volume celebrates details of Baltimore's fine architectural heritage and explores both familiar and unnoticed places. Photographer James DuSel and art critic John Dorsey have created a book that leads from images to thoughts, and they invite readers to follow the same path. DuSel's mesmerizing black-and-white photographs focus sharply on details of larger images: the bottom of a doorway, the corner of a portico, the wall of a shoe repair shop, the substructure of a bridge. Dorsey ruminates on these images, and he draws striking connections between Baltimore's visual vocabulary and the tapestry of civilization. He carries us from a window in Roland Park to the triumphal arch of Constantine in Rome, from a stairway at the Maryland Institute to the Doge's Palace in Venice, from a vine at the Baltimore Museum of Art to Shakespeare. DuSel and Dorsey, through a studious appreciation of detail, encourage us to look at our built environment afresh and discover a new and more meaningful relationship with our surroundings. Shaking off what DuSel calls "the anesthesia of daily life," Look Again in Baltimore offers arresting insights into the richness of the everyday world.
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Dorsey, John Russell was born on December 17, 1938 in Baltimore. Son of Charles Howard and Emma (Deputy) Dorsey.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1961.
Member staff, Baltimore Sun, 1962-1981, 83-99; Sunday Sun book review editor, Baltimore Sun, 1967-1969; Sunday Sun restaurant critic, Baltimore Sun, 1971-1981, 84-86; Sun art critic, Baltimore Sun, 1983-1984, 86-99.
(From eighteenth-century mansions to urban high-rise build...)
( A marriage of photography and criticism, this elegant v...)
(From 18th century mansions to urban high-rise, this book ...)
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Member Maryland. Club, 14 West Hamilton Street Club, Harvard-Radcliffe Club.