Abstract:Review Article| June 01 2013 Review: House & Home House & HomeNational Building Museum, Washington, D.C. 28 April 2012–1 May 2017 Richard Longstreth Richard Longstreth 1George Washington Universit...Review Article| June 01 2013 Review: House & Home House & HomeNational Building Museum, Washington, D.C. 28 April 2012–1 May 2017 Richard Longstreth Richard Longstreth 1George Washington University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (2013) 72 (2): 265–266. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2013.72.2.265 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Richard Longstreth; Review: House & Home. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 1 June 2013; 72 (2): 265–266. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2013.72.2.265 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians Search It is hard to conceive of a more challenging exhibition than one devoted to two interrelated topics: the American house and the intangible phenomenon of home. Both are breathtaking in scope. Since the first period of white settlement in what is now the United States, the house has been an emblem of achievement, independence, sanctuary, individualism, and many other attributes that Americans, regardless of origin, hold dear. These dwellings, moreover, hold strong appeal among people of virtually all income groups—from the owners of subsistence homesteads in isolated rural areas to the very rich commissioning houses of great size and pretense. Perhaps in no other country has the house held deeper meaning for so long and for large a segment of the population. On the other hand, “home” is an omnipresent phenomenon, transcending time, place, and culture. Home, of course, is where one makes it, be the premises a house, an... You do not currently have access to this content.Read More
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-06-01
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