Author: TOTTEN, George Oakley.
Title: Maya Architecture.
Description: Washington 1926. Folio publisher's ornate gilt cloth (small knock in spine); 250pp, eight colour, numerous b/w plates, illustrations and plans. ¶ The pre-Columbian revival, turning away from Greece and Rome for inspiration. Totten's researches began in 1919 when asked to design a museum for a client's collection of American Indian curios and he decided to take a look for himself. His handsome book is offered to American architects with a spiritual fervour and at the end are some modern designs - Totten's plans for a museum, buildings by Albert Kelsey and a design (Totten's?) for a Mayan country house.
Keywords: architecture history pre-columbian America mayans Mexico archaeology
Title: Maya Architecture.
Description: Washington 1926. Folio publisher's ornate gilt cloth (small knock in spine); 250pp, eight colour, numerous b/w plates, illustrations and plans. ¶ The pre-Columbian revival, turning away from Greece and Rome for inspiration. Totten's researches began in 1919 when asked to design a museum for a client's collection of American Indian curios and he decided to take a look for himself. His handsome book is offered to American architects with a spiritual fervour and at the end are some modern designs - Totten's plans for a museum, buildings by Albert Kelsey and a design (Totten's?) for a Mayan country house.
Keywords: architecture history pre-columbian America mayans Mexico archaeology
Price: AUD 350.00 = appr. US$ 242.15 Seller: Richard Neylon, Bookseller
- Book number: 5144
- Book number: 5144