Hearst Castle. San Simeon Thomas R. Aidala (text) & Curtis Bruce (photography)

Hearst Castle. San Simeon

Author	Thomas R. Aidala (Text) & Curtis Bruce (Photography)
Publisher	New York: Harrison House, 1984
Edition
Weight	1450 gram
CF
Keywords	California, William Randolph Hearst, Marion Davies, Hearst Castle, Californi�, San Simeon
Booknumber	20196
Category's	History & Archaeology (North America) Art (North America) Art (20th Century) History & Archaeology (19th Century) Art (Architecture) Art (Applied/Decorative) History & Archaeology (Biography) Art (Photography) Art (Sculpture & Plastic Art) History & Archaeology (Castles)
4-to (24 x 31 cm). Pp. 240. Publisher's yellow cloth, gilt-lettered spine and pictorial dust-jacket. Foreword by William Randolph Hearst Jr and introduction by David Niven. The complete story of Hearst Castle, the most famous private residence ever built in America, situated at San Simeon halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Planning of it began in 1919 when architect Julia Morgan was asked to plan a substantial estate. It tells the story of Hearst the art collector, Julia Morgan, Marion Davies, the planning and construction of all the buildings, the landscaping and the swimming pools and gives an accurate estimate of the cost of the complex. The work is profusely illustrated with a great number of extraordinary, often full-page, b/w and (mostly) coloured photographs by Bruce of the buildings and their details, the rooms, the furnishings and the art objects. With notes, appendix, bibliography and index. Book and dust-jacket fine. A splendid work.
Prijs	� 35.00

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Hearst Castle. San Simeon

Thomas R. Aidala (Text) & Curtis Bruce (Photography)