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Joseph Ramee: International Architect in the Age of Revolution
	Author: Paul Venable Turner Publisher: Cambridge University Press Category: Book Buy New: $170.58 New (1) Used (6) from $69.97 Sales Rank: 2430393 Media: Hardcover Pages: 368 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3 Dimensions (in): 11.3 x 8.9 x 1.3 ISBN: 0521495520 Dewey Decimal Number: 720.92 EAN: 9780521495523 ASIN: 0521495520 Publication Date: July 13, 1996 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: International shipping available Condition: This book is brand new, never been opened, and in superb condition. Thousands of satisfied customers.


Editorial Reviews: Product Description This is the first indepth study of an architect and landscape designer forgotten in scholarship as a result of the precarious historical circumstances in which he pursued his career. Forced to flee France during the Revolution, Ramee spent his life as a nomad, working in Belgium, Saxony, Hamburg, Denmark, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and the United States. Staying only briefly in most places, he was often forgotten, and his works subsequently attributed to other architects. In this reconstruction of his career, Paul Turner demonstrates how Ramee, in the process of his travels, transmitted innovations from country to country and created a unique synthesis of the design currents of the Neo-Classical Age. This study, the result of a decade of research, brings to light not only Ramee's lost works but also his relationships with diverse clients, including aristocrats, merchants, poets, educators, American land developers and others. Book Description This is the first indepth study of an architect and landscape designer forgotten in scholarship as a result of the precarious historical circumstances in which he pursued his career. Paul Turner demonstrates how Ramee, in the process of his travels, transmitted innovations from country to country and created a unique synthesis of the design currents of the Neo-Classical Age.