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Miller, Naomi was born on February 28, 1928 in New York City. Daughter of Nathan and Hannah Miller.
(Boston's skyline was radically transformed between 1975 a...)
Boston's skyline was radically transformed between 1975 and 1990. Presenting illustrations and critical descriptions, this book serves as an introduction to these buildings and developments, in the larger context of the city's history. The principle focus is on areas of densest construction - downtown, Back Bay, the waterfront - although attention is given to concomitant growth in Cambridge, Charlestown, and the South End. New buildings are considered within existing street patterns and topographical configurations. Included here are such projects as the depression of the Central Artery, the addition of the airport tunnel, the extension of the subway system, and schemes to enhance the public realm - the Southwest Corridor park, the reopening of the South and Back Bay railroad stations, and the park in the heart of Post Office Square. Together with new architecture, the evidence speaks for the continued dominance of urban concerns - hence, the stress on town improvements. Furthermore, the persistence of the past is manifest in the role of preservation and adaptive use, promoted by the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the Boston Landmarks Commissions, sparked by civil debate. Maps, site plans, photographs, aerial views and reproductions of drawings and models accompany a text wherein the authors provide an overview of the city and explore more than 100 buildings with sufficient documentation to stimulate the ongoing dialogue concerning the future of Boston - a livable city, which celebrates the human scale.
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(Boston's skyline was radically transformed between 1975 a...)
Boston's skyline was radically transformed between 1975 and 1990. Presenting illustrations and critical descriptions, this book serves as an introduction to these buildings and developments, in the larger context of the city's history. The principle focus is on areas of densest construction - downtown, Back Bay, the waterfront - although attention is given to concomitant growth in Cambridge, Charlestown, and the South End. New buildings are considered within existing street patterns and topographical configurations. Included here are such projects as the depression of the Central Artery, the addition of the airport tunnel, the extension of the subway system, and schemes to enhance the public realm - the Southwest Corridor park, the reopening of the South and Back Bay railroad stations, and the park in the heart of Post Office Square. Together with new architecture, the evidence speaks for the continued dominance of urban concerns - hence, the stress on town improvements. Furthermore, the persistence of the past is manifest in the role of preservation and adaptive use, promoted by the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the Boston Landmarks Commissions, sparked by civil debate. Maps, site plans, photographs, aerial views and reproductions of drawings and models accompany a text wherein the authors provide an overview of the city and explore more than 100 buildings with sufficient documentation to stimulate the ongoing dialogue concerning the future of Boston - a livable city, which celebrates the human scale.
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(This is the only single work devoted exclusively to the h...)
This is the only single work devoted exclusively to the history of the garden grotto - the caves in landscape gardens that were artificially enhanced by waterfalls and ornamental delights to imitate, control and even surpass the effects of nature. Praised by writers from Pliny to Pope, the grotto has a rich and varied tradition: it originated as a motif in the classical world, where it was a ubiquitous feature imbued with mythological and oracular symbolism. Its popularity was renewed in the Renaissance gardens of the humanists, while its expressive effects achieved new heights with theatrical displays in the baroque nympheae of France and Italy, fanciful mazes in picturesque English landscapes, and melodramatic extravaganzas in the gardens of Wagnerian Germany. This miniature world was filled with fancy and mystery. Underground, the grotto was a source of nature's secrets, as well as those of the muses and nymphs. But it was also a sanctuary for men that inspired inner reflections as well as poetical communions with nature. Above all, the grotto was a museum in which men expressed their artistic understanding of nature and the cosmos.
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Miller, Naomi was born on February 28, 1928 in New York City. Daughter of Nathan and Hannah Miller.
Bachelor of Science, City College of New York, 1948. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1950. Master of Arts, New York University, 1960.
Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1966.
Assistant professor art history Rhode Island School Design, 1963-1964. Assistant professor University California-Berkeley, 1969-1970. Assistant to associate professor Boston University, from 1964, professor art history, from 1981.
Visiting professor University British Columbia, Vancouver, 1967, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1980, University Padua, 1990. Visiting scholar I Tatti, 1984-1985.
(This is the only single work devoted exclusively to the h...)
(This book offers a fresh approach to the study of Renaiss...)
(Boston's skyline was radically transformed between 1975 a...)
(Boston's skyline was radically transformed between 1975 a...)
(Book by MacDougall, Elisabeth B., Miller, Naomi)
Member College Art Association, Society Architectural Historians, Renaissance Society
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