The Architects: Richard Morris Hunt

by Frank Hamm

Overview

From the pedestal supporting the Statue of Liberty, to the façade of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to the Biltmore, the largest private home ever built in the United States, Richard Morris Hunt's designs dominated the architectural scene in the second half of the nineteenth century. Hunt, the first American to attend the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, was responsible for popularizing a distinctive style we recognize today as "Châteauesque." Here, in this essay by Ormonde de Kay Jr., is Hunt's surprising and little-told story.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158561382
Publisher:	New Word City, Inc.
Publication date:	07/12/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Ormonde de Kay Jr. was a frequent contributor to American Heritage, Horizon, and The New Yorker.

Carter Wiseman teaches history and criticism at the Yale School of Architecture. He is the author of Twentieth Century American Architecture.