Monument Wars: Washington, D.C.,the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape

摘要

Dell Upton's groundbreaking 1984 essay "Black and White Landscapes in Eighteenth-Century Virginia" opens with a simply stated observation: "For me, one of the most engaging problems in architectural history is to understand the social experience of architecture." This mind-expanding approach to the study of the built environment prompted a new chapter in architectural history that continues to include not only industrial buildings but also spaces and grounds, interior and exterior, and marks on the landscape such as monuments.