{"product_id":"newport-the-artful-city-hardcover","title":"Newport: The Artful City - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn R. Tschirch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs one of the most historically intact cities in North \u003cbr\u003eAmerica, Newport, Rhode Island, has a cultural \u003cbr\u003eand architectural heritage of national significance. \u003cbr\u003eEach of the city's districts has its own distinct \u003cbr\u003echaracter with street plans and buildings revealing \u003cbr\u003ethe political, religious, commercial, and artistic \u003cbr\u003eforces that have shaped Newport through the ages. \u003cbr\u003eStately Colonial squares and bustling wharves, \u003cbr\u003epicturesque Victorian villas, and scenic drives, \u003cbr\u003eopulent Gilded Age palaces for the few and electric \u003cbr\u003estreetcars for the many, preservation movements \u003cbr\u003eto honor the past, and modernist schemes for a \u003cbr\u003emetropolis of the future all tell stories of urban \u003cbr\u003ebeauty and controversy, of eras of lavish building, \u003cbr\u003eurban decay, and extraordinary revival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Artful City \u003c\/i\u003eis a richly illustrated portrait \u003cbr\u003eof the city from colonial times to the present, \u003cbr\u003edocumented and celebrated in the maps, paintings, \u003cbr\u003ephotographs, poetry, and prose of renowned \u003cbr\u003eartists and writers. This work is a highly readable \u003cbr\u003eillustrated history of one of America's most \u003cbr\u003eimportant physical and cultural entities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn R. Tschirch is the Newport Historical Society's architectural historian and visiting curator of Urban History, He is the author of \u003ci\u003eGods and Girls: Tales of Art, Seduction and Obsession\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and \u003ci\u003eA Walking History of Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island (Walking History of America)\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). John is presently an instructor in design history for Rhode Island School of Design CE, which presented him with the 2010 Excellence in Teaching Award, and he is adjunct faculty in art history at Bristol Community College, where his students provide endless inspiration and amusement. He is also the creator and author of a monthly design history blog called \u003ci\u003eJohn Stories: Confessions of the Globetrekking Architectural Historian, John Tschirch\u003c\/i\u003e, featuring his photographs and commentary on historic places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.7 x 10.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52413616554291,"sku":"9781911282693","price":51.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/VGZKS3Q1ZUdCckVKMXl3NURVOUNqQT09.webp?v=1758336626","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/newport-the-artful-city-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}