Gene Waddell, Charleston Architecture, 1670-1860

Description: Gene Waddell is an accomplished and prolific scholar of ethnohistory and architectural history. Offered for sale is his monumental and definitive Charleston Architecture, 1670-1860 (Charleston: Wyrick & Co., 2003). The central theme of the work is that no matter what style was used--Greek or Roman, Goth or Renaissance, Adamesque or Greek Revival--antebellum Charleston architecture was characterized by a consistent high standard if excellence. Waddell discusses the writings of such architectural giants as Andrea Palladio, Robert Adam, A. Welby Pugin, et al. that influenced Charleston architects and points to specific buildings in Greece, Italy, England, France, and Germany that served as architectural models. Whenever possible primary sources were used to determine how various types for Charleston buildings were designed and constructed, and some dozens of the city's best documented buildings are examined in detail and used as a basis of comparison with hundreds of other similar in the ands style to reveal the characteristics most distinctive about Charleston architecture. Other features include a survey of nearly three thousand surviving single houses, a study of the origins of the Greek Revival style, the influence of Jefferson and Latrobe on Robert Mills, the adaptation of Greek and Roman styles, and a section on the characteristics of Adamesque architecture. The work is illustrated with over 600 b/w ills.--historic and recent photographs, drawings, measured drawings, and maps--of the best designed and most typical Charleston buildings. Boxed hardcover, 2 v.. 1st ptg, 649 pp (v 1, 308 pp of text; v 2, 631d pp of illustrations). Brand new; a very nice set. Don't be shy; give it a try. Doc deals!

Price: 449.95 USD

Location: Charleston, South Carolina

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