{"product_id":"newport-john-r-tschirch-9781911282693","title":"Newport: The Artful City","description":"As 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.\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John R. Tschirch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911282697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911282693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Giles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 10.70w x 1.10d","brand":"John R. Tschirch","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43995236663551,"sku":"9781911282693","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26212e2a-539f-4e0f-97a6-ab86315c622c.jpg?v=1683334645","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/newport-john-r-tschirch-9781911282693","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}