Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, v.59, no.2, June 2000

Volume 59 / Number 2 / June 2000

Contents

152 From the Editor
Expanding Frameworks

Articles

154 Blurring Boundaries: The Limits of "White Town" in Colonial Calcutta
SWATI CHATTOPADHYAY

180 Cannibalizing Le Corbusier: The MES Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx
VALERIE FRASER

194 Qui Transtulit Sustinet: William Burges, Francis Kimball, and the Architecture of Hartford's Trinity College
CHRISTOPHER DREW ARMSTRONG

216 An Inquiry into Thomas Jefferson's Ideas of Beauty
KENNETH HAFERTEPE

Exhibitions

232 The Triumph of the Baroque: Architecture in Europe 1600-1700 Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi Turin,
4 July-7 November 1999 REVIEWED BY ANDREW HOPKINS

234 Alexander 'Greek' Thompson; the Unknown Genius The Lighthouse, Glasgow, 8 July-19 September 1999,
REVIEWED BY RANALD MACINNES

237 Building the Empire State The Skyscraper Museum, New York, 1 October-11 September 1999,
REVIEWED BY MARTA GUTMAN

241

Equal Partners: Men and Women Principles in Contemporary Architectural Practice Smith College Museum of Art,
Northampton, Massachusetts, 25 September-13 December 1998
REVIEWED BY ALICE T. FRIEDMAN

Books

243 Late Antiquity
Stadt, Platz and Denkmal in der Spätantike, Untersuchungen zur Ausstattung des öffentlichen Raums in den
      spätantiken Städten Rom, Konstantinopel und Euhesos, by Franz Alto Bauer, REVIEWED BY DALE KINNEY
The Tempietto del Clitunno near Spoleto, by Judson J. Emerick
San Salvatore in Spoleto: Studien zur spätaniken und frümittelalterlichen Architektur italiens,
      by Carola Jäggi; REVIEWED BY SAMUEL GRUBER

247 European Architecture and Urbanism 1400-1800
The Este Monuments and Urban Development in Renaissance Ferrara, by Charles M. Rosenberg;
     REVIEWED BY KIM SEXTON
Andrea Palladio: The Architect and His Time, by Bruce Boucher, REVIEWED BY PIERRE DE LA RUFFINIÈRE DU PREY
Wren's "Tracts" on Architecture and Other Writings, by Lydia M. Soo; REVIEWED BY DAVID CAST
Building the Georgian City, by James Ayres, REVIEWED BY CHRISTY ANDERSON

254 Architects
Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier: The Romantic Legacy, by Richard A. Etlin
Frank Lloyd Wright and Midway Gardens, by Paul Kruty; REVIEWED BY JACK QUINAN
Fred Cumberland: Building the Victorian Dream, by Geoffrey Simmins; REVIEWED BY ANGELA K. CARR
Kirtland Cutter: Architect in the Land of Promise, by Henry Matthews; REVIEWED BY HOWARD DAVIS

260 North American Buildings in Their Settings
Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development, by Andrew S. Dolkart;
     REVIEWED BY NEIL LARSON
The Grand Resort Hotels of the White Mountains: A Vanishing Architectural Legacy, by Brian F. Tolles, Jr.;
     REVIEWED BY RANDALL H. BENNETT
Rebuilding the Rural Southern Community: Reformers, Schools, and Homes in Tennessee, 1900-1930,
     by Mary S. Hoffschwelle; REVIEWED BY MARILYN CASTRO
The Architecture of Diplomacy. Building America's Embassies, by Jane C. Loeffler;
     REVIEWED BY FRED LATIMER HADSEL

266 Theory and Criticism
Um 1800, Architekturtheorie und Architekturkritik in Deutschland zwischen 1790 und 1810,
     by Klaus Jan Philipp; REVIEWED BY MICHAEL J. LEWIS
A Critic Writes: Essays by Reyner Banham, edited by Mary Banham et al., REVIEWED BY MARY MCAULIFFE
Architectural Theory since 1968: edited by K. Michael Hays; REVIEWED BY FRANCESCO DAL CO

271 Surveys and Guidebooks
Homeplace. The Making of the Canadian Dwelling over Three Centuries, by Peter Ennals and
     Deryck W. Holdsworth; REVIEWED BY RICHARD HARRIS
Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic: Looking at Buildings and Landscapes, by Gabrielle M. Lanier
     and Bernard L. Herman; REVIEWED BY M. RUTH LITTLE
A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina, by Catherine W. Bishir, Michael T. Southern,
     and Jennifer F. Martin; REVIEWED BY JOHN C. LARSON

276 Letter
Richard Guy Wilson

277 Abstracts

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vol. 57, no. 1 March 1998

152	From the Editor Expanding Frameworks
	Articles
154	Blurring Boundaries: The Limits of "White Town" in Colonial Calcutta SWATI CHATTOPADHYAY
180	Cannibalizing Le Corbusier: The MES Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx VALERIE FRASER
194	Qui Transtulit Sustinet: William Burges, Francis Kimball, and the Architecture of Hartford's Trinity College CHRISTOPHER DREW ARMSTRONG
216	An Inquiry into Thomas Jefferson's Ideas of Beauty KENNETH HAFERTEPE
	Exhibitions
232	The Triumph of the Baroque: Architecture in Europe 1600-1700 Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi Turin, 4 July-7 November 1999 REVIEWED BY ANDREW HOPKINS
234	Alexander 'Greek' Thompson; the Unknown Genius The Lighthouse, Glasgow, 8 July-19 September 1999, REVIEWED BY RANALD MACINNES
237	Building the Empire State The Skyscraper Museum, New York, 1 October-11 September 1999, REVIEWED BY MARTA GUTMAN
241	Equal Partners: Men and Women Principles in Contemporary Architectural Practice Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, 25 September-13 December 1998 REVIEWED BY ALICE T. FRIEDMAN
	Books
243	Late Antiquity Stadt, Platz and Denkmal in der Spätantike, Untersuchungen zur Ausstattung des öffentlichen Raums in den spätantiken Städten Rom, Konstantinopel und Euhesos, by Franz Alto Bauer, REVIEWED BY DALE KINNEY The Tempietto del Clitunno near Spoleto, by Judson J. Emerick San Salvatore in Spoleto: Studien zur spätaniken und frümittelalterlichen Architektur italiens, by Carola Jäggi; REVIEWED BY SAMUEL GRUBER
247	European Architecture and Urbanism 1400-1800 The Este Monuments and Urban Development in Renaissance Ferrara, by Charles M. Rosenberg; REVIEWED BY KIM SEXTON Andrea Palladio: The Architect and His Time, by Bruce Boucher, REVIEWED BY PIERRE DE LA RUFFINIÈRE DU PREY Wren's "Tracts" on Architecture and Other Writings, by Lydia M. Soo; REVIEWED BY DAVID CAST Building the Georgian City, by James Ayres, REVIEWED BY CHRISTY ANDERSON
254	Architects Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier: The Romantic Legacy, by Richard A. Etlin Frank Lloyd Wright and Midway Gardens, by Paul Kruty; REVIEWED BY JACK QUINAN Fred Cumberland: Building the Victorian Dream, by Geoffrey Simmins; REVIEWED BY ANGELA K. CARR Kirtland Cutter: Architect in the Land of Promise, by Henry Matthews; REVIEWED BY HOWARD DAVIS
260	North American Buildings in Their Settings Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture and Development, by Andrew S. Dolkart; REVIEWED BY NEIL LARSON The Grand Resort Hotels of the White Mountains: A Vanishing Architectural Legacy, by Brian F. Tolles, Jr.; REVIEWED BY RANDALL H. BENNETT Rebuilding the Rural Southern Community: Reformers, Schools, and Homes in Tennessee, 1900-1930, by Mary S. Hoffschwelle; REVIEWED BY MARILYN CASTRO The Architecture of Diplomacy. Building America's Embassies, by Jane C. Loeffler; REVIEWED BY FRED LATIMER HADSEL
266	Theory and Criticism Um 1800, Architekturtheorie und Architekturkritik in Deutschland zwischen 1790 und 1810, by Klaus Jan Philipp; REVIEWED BY MICHAEL J. LEWIS A Critic Writes: Essays by Reyner Banham, edited by Mary Banham et al., REVIEWED BY MARY MCAULIFFE Architectural Theory since 1968: edited by K. Michael Hays; REVIEWED BY FRANCESCO DAL CO
271	Surveys and Guidebooks Homeplace. The Making of the Canadian Dwelling over Three Centuries, by Peter Ennals and Deryck W. Holdsworth; REVIEWED BY RICHARD HARRIS Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic: Looking at Buildings and Landscapes, by Gabrielle M. Lanier and Bernard L. Herman; REVIEWED BY M. RUTH LITTLE A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Western North Carolina, by Catherine W. Bishir, Michael T. Southern, and Jennifer F. Martin; REVIEWED BY JOHN C. LARSON
276	Letter Richard Guy Wilson
277	Abstracts