Spectacle in the White City: The Chicago 1893 World's Fair (Calla Editions)

Over27millionpeoplevisitedtheWorld'sColumbianExpositionof1893inChicago.CountlessmoreexperiencedthefairthroughthewondrousimagesofC.D.Arnold,theera'sforemostarchitecturalphotographer.Throughhisluminouspictures,Arnoldbecametheevent'sleadinghistorian,publicist,andvisualphilosopher.ThisgalleryofArnold'sphotographs,painstakinglyretouchedtoachieveanewradiance,presentsamagnificenttributetothe"WhiteCity"ofshiningBeaux-Artsbuildings.InadditiontoitsvisualtouroftheExposition'sextensivebuildingsandgrounds,thislavishbookalsocelebratesacitythattreasuresitsarchitecture.TheclassicalGreekandRomandesignexpressedbytheChicagoWorld'sFairdefinedthecourseofAmericanmonumentalbuildingfordecadestocome,andthetextaccompanyingthesehistoricphotographsprovidesfascinatinginterpretationsoftheExposition'sinfluenceonAmericanbuildingstylesandtastes.Fromconceptiontoclosingdayandbeyond,SpectacleintheWhiteCityoffersglimpsesofpastsplendorthatwillbetreasuredbyChicagoans,historybuffs,andloversoffineartandphotography.