Author: JAMES, JULIET
Title: Palaces and Courts of the Exposition a Handbook of the Architecture Sculpture and Mural Paintings with Special Reference to the Symbolism
Description: San Francisco, CA: California Book Company, 1915. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is some light rubbing to the spine joints also. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and address to the front endpaper. "Constructed from temporary materials (primarily staff, a combination of plaster and burlap fiber) , almost all the fair's various buildings and attractions were pulled down in late 1915. Intended to fall into pieces at the close of the fair (reportedly because the architect believed every great city needed ruins) , the only surviving building on the Exposition grounds, Bernard Maybeck's Palace of Fine Arts, remained in place, slowly falling into disrepair (although the hall used to display painting and sculpture during the Fair was repurposed as a garage for jeeps during World War II). The Palace, including the colonnade with its signature weeping women and rotunda dome, was completely reconstructed in the 1960s and a seismic retrofit was completed in early 2009. The Exploratorium, an interactive science museum, occupied the northern 2/3 of the Palace from 1969 to 2013; the city-owned Palace of Fine Arts Theater, has occupied the southern 1/3 since 1970.". Very Good .
Keywords: Californiana Juliet James Panama Pacific Exposition Architecture San Francisco, CA World Expositions
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Title: Palaces and Courts of the Exposition a Handbook of the Architecture Sculpture and Mural Paintings with Special Reference to the Symbolism
Description: San Francisco, CA: California Book Company, 1915. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is some light rubbing to the spine joints also. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and address to the front endpaper. "Constructed from temporary materials (primarily staff, a combination of plaster and burlap fiber) , almost all the fair's various buildings and attractions were pulled down in late 1915. Intended to fall into pieces at the close of the fair (reportedly because the architect believed every great city needed ruins) , the only surviving building on the Exposition grounds, Bernard Maybeck's Palace of Fine Arts, remained in place, slowly falling into disrepair (although the hall used to display painting and sculpture during the Fair was repurposed as a garage for jeeps during World War II). The Palace, including the colonnade with its signature weeping women and rotunda dome, was completely reconstructed in the 1960s and a seismic retrofit was completed in early 2009. The Exploratorium, an interactive science museum, occupied the northern 2/3 of the Palace from 1969 to 2013; the city-owned Palace of Fine Arts Theater, has occupied the southern 1/3 since 1970.". Very Good .
Keywords: Californiana Juliet James Panama Pacific Exposition Architecture San Francisco, CA World Expositions
Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 36225
- Book number: 36225
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