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Author:

Holliday, Peter James, author.

Title:

American Arcadia : California and the Classical Tradition / Peter J. Holliday.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xxix, 446 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Subject:

California--Civilization.
United States--Classical influences.--Classical influences.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-428) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- 1. Out of the wilderness, Arcadia -- 2. Promoting "our Italy" -- 3. "Calitopia:" new models for cities -- 4. Private citizens, public works -- 5. Utopian communities -- 6. Spectacles en plein air -- 7. Houses and gardens before World War II -- 8. The Southland House as a set -- 9. A "villa in a garden" for the masses -- 10. Palaces and patrons in the 20th century -- 11. Aphrodite, Atlas, and the California body -- 12. Metaphors misconstrued.

Summary:

"American Arcadia explores the innumerable ways Californians shaped their visual and social culture using models and ideals from the classical tradition"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0190256516 (hardback)
9780190256517 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)921864695

LCCN:

2015049012

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)