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Cerveau's Savannah
''Cerveau's Savannah'' is a 1973 book written by Joseph Frederick Waring. Published by the Georgia Historical Society, the book takes its name from Joseph Cerveau, the artist responsible for the panoramic tempera painting of Savannah, Georgia, completed in 1837, which Waring dissected for the book. He estimated the painting was done in May, judging by the trees being in full leaf and blooming magnolias being visible on East Bryan Street. It is regarded as Cerveau's finest work. In the painting, undertaken from the now demolished City Exchange building, Savannah is estimated to be around wide and deep, from Bay Street to Liberty Street. Cerveau omitted the northern portion of the city. The painting was stitched into the back of the book in a smaller form, "the better for the reader to unfold and gaze at while reading and turning the pages," wrote ''The Atlanta Constitution ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Frederick Waring (scholar)
Joseph Frederick Waring (September 12, 1902 – April 8, 1972) was an American scholar, preservationist and author. A Yale College graduate, he went on to teach at several schools, including over thirty years at the Western Reserve Academy. He also wrote three books. Life and career Waring was born on September 12, 1902, in Savannah, Georgia, the third of three sons of Pinckney Alston Waring, a real-estate broker, and Lillie Horton Ellis, who died before he reached the age of four. His paternal grandfather was Dr. James Johnston Waring (1829–1888). His great-uncle was Civil War lieutenant general J. Fred. Waring, while his cousin was Savannah amateur archaeologist Antonio J. Waring Jr. He attended Governor Dummer Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts, followed by a graduation from Yale College in 1923.. Waring also attended the University of Cambridge for advanced study, and remained in England to teach for a year. While there, he edited fellow Georgian Joel Chandler Harris' ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Historical Society
The Georgia Historical Society (GHS) is a statewide historical society in Georgia. Headquartered in Savannah, Georgia, GHS is one of the oldest historical organizations in the United States. Since 1839, the society has collected, examined, and taught Georgia history through a variety of educational outreach programs, publications, and research services. History Founded in 1839 in Savannah, Georgia, the Society is the oldest continuously operating state historical society in the Southern United States and one of the oldest historical organizations in the United States. Founders include John Macpherson Berrien, Richard D. Arnold, Eugenius A. Nisbet, Thomas Butler King, William Bacon Stevens, Israel K. Tefft, James Hamilton Couper, Edward Padelford, Mordecai Myers, Alexander Smets and James Moore Wayne. Mission statement The Georgia Historical Society is an independent statewide institution responsible for collecting, examining, and teaching Georgia history. Facilities G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hardback Book
A hardcover, hard cover, or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as case-bound) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather). It has a flexible, sewn spine which allows the book to lie flat on a surface when opened. Modern hardcovers may have the pages glued onto the spine in much the same way as paperbacks. Following the ISBN sequence numbers, books of this type may be identified by the abbreviation Hbk. Hardcover books are often printed on acid-free paper, and they are much more durable than paperbacks, which have flexible, easily damaged paper covers. Hardcover books are marginally more costly to manufacture. Hardcovers are frequently protected by artistic dust jackets, but a "jacketless" alternative has increased in popularity: these "paper-over-board" or "jacketless" hardcover bindings forgo the dust jacket in favor of printing the cover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Cerveau
Joseph Louis Firmin Cerveau (commonly known as Firmin Cerveau; 1806 – March 24, 1896) was a 19th-century artist from the Ottoman Empire. His most notable work was a 49-inch-by-27-inch panorama of the city of Savannah, Georgia, in 1837. Early life Cerveau was born in İzmir, Ottoman Empire, in 1806. His father, a Frenchman, was a merchant and raised his family in Asia Minor. He was ordered to return to France by the government, but was advised against doing so by a third party, due to the French Revolution. As such, he sailed (in his own vessel, the ''Sultan'') across the Mediterranean Sea and continued across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States, arriving in Boston in 1821. The family settled in Philadelphia. Career His most noted work is his 1837 panorama of Savannah, Georgia, which is regarded as his "masterpiece." The original version is in the possession of the Georgia Historical Society. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tempera
Tempera (), also known as egg tempera, is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of colored pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium, usually glutinous material such as egg yolk. Tempera also refers to the paintings done in this medium. Tempera paintings are very long-lasting, and examples from the first century AD still exist. Egg tempera was a primary method of painting until after 1500 when it was superseded by oil painting. A paint consisting of pigment and binder commonly used in the United States as poster paint is also often referred to as "tempera paint", although the binders in this paint are different from traditional tempera paint. Etymology The term ''tempera'' is derived from the Italian ''dipingere a tempera'' ("paint in distemper"), from the Late Latin ''distemperare'' ("mix thoroughly"). History Tempera painting has been found on early Egyptian sarcophagus decorations. Many of the Fayum mummy portraits use tempera, sometimes in comb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah ( ) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War, Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's fifth-largest city, with a 2020 U.S. Census population of 147,780. The Savannah metropolitan area, Georgia's third-largest, had a 2020 population of 404,798. Each year, Savannah attracts millions of visitors to its cobblestone streets, parks, and notable historic buildings. These buildings include the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low (founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA), the Georgia Historical Society (the oldest continually operating historical society in the South), the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (one of the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnolia
''Magnolia'' is a large genus of about 210 to 340The number of species in the genus ''Magnolia'' depends on the taxonomic view that one takes up. Recent molecular and morphological research shows that former genera ''Talauma'', ''Dugandiodendron'', ''Manglietia'', ''Michelia'', ''Elmerrillia'', ''Kmeria'', ''Parakmeria'', ''Pachylarnax'' (and a small number of monospecific genera) all belong within the same genus, ''Magnolia'' s.l. (s.l. = ''sensu lato'': 'in a broad sense', as opposed to s.s. = ''sensu stricto'': 'in a narrow sense'). The genus ''Magnolia'' s.s. contains about 120 species. See the section Nomenclature and classification in this article. flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae. It is named after French botanist Pierre Magnol. ''Magnolia'' is an ancient genus. Appearing before bees evolved, the flowers are theorized to have evolved to encourage pollination by beetles. To avoid damage from pollinating beetles, the carpel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Street
Bryan Street is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located between Bay Street to the north and Congress Street to the south, it runs for about from a cul-de-sac in the west to East Broad Street in the east. Originally known only as Bryan Street singular, its addresses are now split between "West Bryan Street" and "East Bryan Street", the transition occurring at Bull Street in the center of the downtown area. Bryan Street is named for the Bryan family (brothers Hugh, Jonathan and Joseph), of South Carolina, who assisted James Edward Oglethorpe in establishing the Savannah colony. The street is entirely within Savannah Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.James Dillon (1977) , National Park Service and Bryan Street passes through six squares on their northern side. From west to east: * Franklin Square * Ellis Square * Johnson Square * Reynolds Square *Warren Square * Washington Square Notable buildings and structures Below is a selec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Exchange (Savannah, Georgia)
City Exchange was a building that stood on Bay Street in Savannah, Georgia, United States, between 1799 and 1904. It replaced a previous structure which was destroyed by fire in 1796. The former seat of Savannah's city government, the building's location is now occupied by Savannah City Hall. The building was the design of French architect and builder Adrian Boucher, who arrived from New York City in 1797, the year following the great fire of Savannah, to assist with the reconstruction of the city's important buildings. The Exchange served both public and private interests until 1812, when the city purchased it for use as City Hall. The building was renovated in 1854, including the addition of a portico. The architect was Savannah's Sholl & Fay.''Lost Savannah: Photographs from the Collection of the Georgia Historical Society'', Luciana M. Spracher (2003) In December 1864, Union Army General John W. Geary gave a speech in front of the building in which he congratulated hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Street (Savannah, Georgia)
Bay Street is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It runs for about from Main Street in the west to General McIntosh Boulevard in the east. The section passing through Savannah's downtown, between the Bay Street Viaduct in the west and General McIntosh Boulevard in the east, is around long. Formerly known as "Bay Street" singular (and originally North Broad Street), it is now denoted as "West Bay Street" and "East Bay Street", the split occurring at Savannah City Hall at the head of Bull Street. West Bay Street begins in the industrial western side of the city, where it is part of Georgia State Route 25 (before turning south onto Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard), then continues along the northern end of Savannah's downtown, where it is lined with historic buildings on its southern side and hotels and a park on its northern side, which is at the edge of the bluff. East of City Hall, the northern side of the street is known as The Strand, punctuated by Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty Street (Savannah, Georgia)
Liberty Street is a prominent street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located between Perry Street to the north and Harris Street to the south, it runs for about from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in the west to Randolph Street in the east. Originally known only as Liberty Street singular, its addresses are now split between "West Liberty Street" and "East Liberty Street", the transition occurring at Bull Street in the center of the downtown area. The street is entirely within Savannah Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District.James Dillon (1977) , National Park Service and Liberty Street runs between seven squares. From west to east: ;To the south of * Orleans Square *Chippewa Square * Crawford Square ;To the north of *Pulaski Square *Madison Square * Lafayette Square * Troup Square Notable buildings and structures Below is a selection of notable buildings and structures on Liberty Street, all in Savannah's Historic District. From west to east: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the only major daily newspaper in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia. It is the flagship publication of Cox Enterprises. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' is the result of the merger between ''The Atlanta Journal'' and ''The Atlanta Constitution''. The two staffs were combined in 1982. Separate publication of the morning ''Constitution'' and the afternoon ''Journal'' ended in 2001 in favor of a single morning paper under the ''Journal-Constitution'' name. The ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' has its headquarters in the Atlanta suburb of Dunwoody, Georgia. It was formerly co-owned with television flagship WSB-TV and six radio stations, which are located separately in midtown Atlanta; the newspaper remained part of Cox Enterprises, while WSB became part of an independent Cox Media Group. ''The Atlanta Journal'' ''The Atlanta Journal'' was established in 1883. Founder E. F. Hoge sold the paper to Atlanta lawyer Hoke Smith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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