Background
O'Gorman, James Francis was born on September 19, 1933 in St. Louis. Son of Paul Joseph and Dorothy Frances (Hogan) O'G.
(As the center of domestic life, the house is perhaps the ...)
As the center of domestic life, the house is perhaps the most important building type in a democratic society. Drawing Toward Home: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England showcases a variety of drawings of domestic buildings that range in date from the late eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, and depict an array of building types estates, modest single-family houses, summer cottages, and even a typical Boston multi-family dwelling known as a three-decker. Architectural drawings have a history of their own, and this exceptional assemblage outlines how the medium has morphed to meet the growing expectations of clients, the increasing complexity of the construction process, and the demands of new technologies. A large number of beautifully executed perspectives created primarily for formal presentations to clients are featured. As Benjamin Linfoot put it back in 1884, the "architect . . . must keep his client's enthusiasm alive and active by sending or submitting bright, jaunty little perspectives of his contemplated work." This survey successfully melds Gilded Age works from the venerable offices McKim, Mead & White, and Peabody & Stearns with designs from a century before and after, ranging from the hand of influential pattern-book author Asher Benjamin to those drafted by Dutch-born modernist R. W. Huygens. Drawing Toward Home illustrates changes in taste and technology and presents many of the drawings as works of art. It includes designs by both famous and little-known architects and houses designed in the Federal, Victorian, Arts and Crafts, and International styles. From Great Diamond Island, Maine, to Boston's Beacon Street, and from cottages on Cape Cod to mansions in Newport, the houses featured in this book remind us that the architecture of New England is a touchstone of American architecture.
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( O'Gorman discusses the individual and collective achiev...)
O'Gorman discusses the individual and collective achievement of the recognized trinity of American architecture: Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-86), Louis Sullivan (1856-1924), and Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959). He traces the evolution of forms created during these architects' careers, emphasizing the interrelationships among them and focusing on the designs and executed buildings that demonstrate those interrelationships. O'Gorman also shows how each envisioned the building types demanded by the growth of nineteenth-century cities and suburbs—the downtown skyscraper and the single-family home. A brilliant analysis . . . a major contribution to our understanding of the beginnings of modern American architecture."—David Hamilton Eddy, Times Higher Education Supplement.
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(History of Frank Furness, Philadelphian architect, who di...)
History of Frank Furness, Philadelphian architect, who died in 1912.
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(Henry Austin’s (1804–1891) works receive consideration in...)
Henry Austin’s (1804–1891) works receive consideration in books on nineteenth-century architecture, yet no book has focused scholarly attention on his primary achievements in New Haven, Connecticut, in Portland, Maine, and elsewhere. Austin was most active during the antebellum era, designing exotic buildings that have captured the imaginations of many for decades. James F. O’Gorman deftly documents Austin’s work during the 1840s and ’50s, the time when Austin was most productive and creative, and for which a wealth of material exists. The book is organized according to various building types: domestic, ecclesiastic, public, and commercial. O’Gorman helps to clarify what buildings should be attributed to the architect and comments on the various styles that went into his eclectic designs. Henry Austin is lavishly illustrated with 132 illustrations, including 32 in full color. Three extensive appendices provide valuable information on Austin’s books, drawings, and his office.
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( "Little by little the gap grows larger and larger betwe...)
"Little by little the gap grows larger and larger between people and their roots. Western life now plays out far from its origins in nature and history. Think of this essay as a pause in that on-rushing existence."—From the Introduction A traveler along the banks of the Connecticut River will be struck by the number of long low sheds rising from the fields as if they are an extension of the landscape. A building type shaped by necessity that grows more beautiful with use and age, these are tobacco curing sheds, mute witnesses to a slowly vanishing agricultural tradition and a thriving economic boom of the last hundred and fifty years. Surprisingly, the Connecticut River valley was once a major producer of cigar leaf tobacco. One of the plants whose cultivation was learned from the native Americans, tobacco was the main crop of many old Yankee farmers and, after them, the Slavic newcomers. The need to season the "Indian weede" gave rise to the structure of the drying barns, a vernacular style unique to its time and place. Just as a picture can throw light on an entire world, so can these drying sheds open a window on a way of life that is fast receding. James F. O'Gorman reads through oral histories, newspaper reports, and the terse factual writing of agricultural diaries to bring to life the risks and rewards of living close to the seasons, at the mercy of rainfall and sunshine. He has collected an array of vintage and newly commissioned photos of the work of growing tobacco, from de facto portraits of anonymous laborers to images of the sheds themselves, with all their ventilating doors open, welcoming the air. In this beautifully crafted book, O'Gorman treats both the people and the sheds with the respect and admiration their precarious presence requires. An inquiry that becomes an elegy for a way of life that is part of our rural heritage, Connecticut Valley Vernacular is an appreciative glance back by one of our premier architectural historians.
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(Skilled in a wide range of media, 19th-century artist Ham...)
Skilled in a wide range of media, 19th-century artist Hammatt Billings (1818-1874) designed furniture, statuary, monuments, architecture, and public and private gardens. He was a painter and portraitist and an illustrator whose drawings appeared in UNCLE TOM'S CABIN and LITTLE WOMEN. This book reconstructs Billings's life and work. 101 illustrations.
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(FIRST EDITION 1976~ 500 Copies Designed by Larry Webster ...)
FIRST EDITION 1976~ 500 Copies Designed by Larry Webster and Printed by Thomas Todd Company, Printers Boston Part of the Preface: "Over the past four years I have followed my own curiosity, probed the available data, and without a preconceived plan produced these essays. In no way do I consider any of them definitive. The full story of the arts in Gloucester is far more substantial than suggested by the pieces which follow. They are offered as hors d'oevres at the celebration of the nation's bicentennial." ~James F. O'Gorman
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O'Gorman, James Francis was born on September 19, 1933 in St. Louis. Son of Paul Joseph and Dorothy Frances (Hogan) O'G.
Bachelor of Architecture, Washington University, St. Louis, 1956. Master of Architecture, University Illinois, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1966.
Grace Slack McNeil professor American art Wellesley College, Massachusetts, 1975—2004, professor emeritus, since 2004. Visiting professor History of Architect, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(FIRST EDITION 1976~ 500 Copies Designed by Larry Webster ...)
(Henry Austin’s (1804–1891) works receive consideration in...)
( O'Gorman discusses the individual and collective achiev...)
(Skilled in a wide range of media, 19th-century artist Ham...)
(As the center of domestic life, the house is perhaps the ...)
(Essays on the specifically American aspects of the art of...)
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(History of Frank Furness, Philadelphian architect, who di...)
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Fellow: Society Architectural Historians, American Antiquarian Society.
Married Jean Baer, February 9, 1957 (divorced 1987). Children: Christopher, Harold, Michael (deceased), Samuel. Married Susan Danly, August 1, 1998.