building the american landscape - Univerza v Novi Gorici
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Chronological Table –Events related to American architecture and <strong>landscape</strong><br />
The chronology covers major artistic, cultural and political events during <strong>the</strong> 19 th<br />
century. The events are directly and indirectly related to this research. Some<br />
important unrelated events to American <strong>landscape</strong> clarify <strong>the</strong> chronological table.<br />
Year<br />
Architecture and <strong>landscape</strong><br />
works/events<br />
Architects and People<br />
Cultural, political, scientific and o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
events<br />
1770 ‐T. Jefferson : First Monticello House,<br />
Charlottesville, Virginia (1770‐1784)<br />
‐G. Dance: Newgate Prison, London<br />
‐W. Clark (1770‐1838) explorer<br />
‐D. Phyfe (1770‐1854)<br />
cabinetmaker<br />
‐G. Tiepolo (1696‐1770) ƚ painter<br />
‐M. Fink (1770‐1823) pioneer<br />
1771 ‐C.N. Ledoux: Louveciennes Pavilion ‐R. Owen (1771‐1858) social<br />
reformer<br />
‐T.G. Fessenden (1771‐1837)<br />
horticulturist<br />
1772 ‐Old Stone Fort, Schoharie, New York<br />
‐Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa,<br />
California<br />
‐J. Wyatt: Heaton House, Lancashire<br />
1773 ‐F. Mazzei introduce in Virginia <strong>the</strong><br />
cultivation of vineyards<br />
‐F.M.C. Fourier (1772‐1837)<br />
philosopher<br />
‐W.H. Harrison (1773‐1841)<br />
politician<br />
‐Boston Massacre: 11 <strong>american</strong>s are<br />
shot by British troops<br />
‐War of <strong>the</strong> Regulation in North<br />
Carolina against corrupt colonial<br />
officials.<br />
‐G. Monge: descriptive geometry<br />
‐Watauga Association: semiautonomous<br />
government created by<br />
frontier settlers along Watauga River,<br />
Tennessee<br />
‐Committees of Correspondence<br />
(shadow governments in <strong>the</strong> 13<br />
colonies)<br />
‐W. Bartram’s (1739‐1823) travel in<br />
South colonies (1773‐1777)<br />
‐Boston Tea Party<br />
1774 ‐Hammond‐Harwood House (premier<br />
colonial house), Annapolis, Maryland<br />
‐M. Lewis (1774‐1809) explorer<br />
‐Quebec Act<br />
‐Boston Port Act<br />
‐Shakers arrive in America<br />
1775 ‐Wilkinson and Darby: Iron Bridge<br />
‐C.N.Ledoux: Royal Saltworks at Arcet‐Senans<br />
construction began<br />
1776 ‐Dobbin House Tavern, Gettysburg,<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
‐Bedford Square, London: one of <strong>the</strong><br />
most important example of English<br />
square during 18 th century<br />
‐Royal Academy Gold Medal to John<br />
Soane<br />
‐J.M.W. Turner (1775‐1851)<br />
<strong>landscape</strong> painter<br />
‐F. C. Lowell (1775‐1817)<br />
businessman<br />
‐B. McMahon (1775‐1816) botanic<br />
‐J. Constable (1776‐1837)<br />
<strong>landscape</strong> painter<br />
‐American Revolution (1775‐1783)<br />
‐United States Declaration of<br />
Independence<br />
1777 ‐Articles of Confederation and<br />
Perpetual Union<br />
‐J. Thomson’s Seasons first published<br />
in America<br />
1778 ‐C.N. Ledoux: project for Besanҫon<br />
Theatre<br />
‐R. and J. Adam: Works in<br />
Architecture (this book determinates<br />
English neoclassical language)<br />
‐G.B. Piranesi: Vasi, Candelabri, Cippi,<br />
Sarcofaghi, Tripodi, Lucerne ed<br />
Ornamenti antichi<br />
‐R. Peale (1778‐1860) painter ‐F.M. Klinger: Sturm und Drang<br />
1779