Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents ix
4. Illustrations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Cast Iron in Decorative Architecture 77
7. Architectural Reform 89
8. Translator's Introduction to the Discourses on Architecture of Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc 97
9. Growth of Conscience in the Decorative Arts 111
10. The New Architecture at Albany 126
11. The New Dispensation of Monumental Art 135
12. Eidlitz's Nature of Art 145
13. The Personal Equation in Renaissance Architecture 150
14. On the Present Condition and Prospects of Architecture 158
15. Henry Hobson Richardson, Architect 170
16. Architecture in the West 180
17. The Washington Monument 195
18. The Architecture at Harvard 210
19. John Wellborn Root 214
20. Architecture at the World's Columbian Exposition 225
21. The Historic Styles and Modern Architecture 289
22. The Columbian Exposition and American Civilization 305
23. The Growth of Characteristic Architectural Style in the United States 319
24. Richard Morris Hunt 328
25. Classic Architecture 342
26. Two Interpreters of National Architecture 359
27. A Letter on the Aesthetics of Bridge Construction 374
28. Illustrations 379
29. Bibliography of Writings by Henry Van Brunt 527
30. Notes 531
31. Index 551