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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia [Published date: 1987]. Softcover, 96 pp; illustrated throughout with black-and-white and color plates; 26 cm.
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In very good condition. Glossy black pictorial paper covers have light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Age spotting to top edge of text block. Otherwise pages are unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. Exhibition catalog issued for Federal Philadelphia, 1785-1825: The Athens of the Western World, held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art from July 5 - September 20, 1987. Text by Beatrice B. Garvan with photography by Will Brown. Includes scholarly essays and a separate laid-in 14 page "Checklist of the exhibition." Explores Philadelphia as the early capital of the United States and its role as a center of the Federal style and neoclassicism in architecture, decorative arts, and social life. Contents include: Lenders to the Exhibition; Foreword; Preface; Victory; The Republican Court; The Athens of the Western World; Vive la France; A Sense of Style; A Moment in the Arts; Notes.