ARCHITECTURE AND THE ESTHETICS OF PLENTY
by FITCH, James Marston
FITCH, James Marston. ARCHITECTURE AND THE ESTHETICS OF PLENTY. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961. Small 4to. Cloth, dust jacket. xi 304 pages. First edition. As author Fitch delves into the question of what is "American" about American architecture? he explores the American conflict of quantity and quality. He explores this paradox of plenty to its roots in the architecture of Thomas Jefferson and Horatio Greenough, through the mid-century reformers to the mod architecture of Gropius and van der Rohe. Illustrated with over 100 photogra and plans. Some underlining and notetaking in pencil throughout, else a very good copy. (Inventory #: 19213)