August 2- August 13, 2004, September 11, October 16, & November 20
Massachusetts College of Art


In the late 19th century, as industry drove and influenced the shape of America's cities: architecture, public art and the art of landscape architecture expressed the American spirit. Employing a strong cross-disciplinary approach, this Institute will focus on late 19th century America. The Institute will explore the art forms of architecture, the design of the land and public art in the context of and as expressions of life in America. These art forms reveal public and private issues facing Americans in the newly industrialized society. Participants will explore the remarkable resources in the Boston environs to make explicit the many connections between the artistic, historic and social contexts. Through the development of curriculum participants will create units of study relevant to the students and communities they work with. (Content Institute Website)

Here are some website and resources that provide background information on some of the sites visited during the two week course. Each participant will create curriculum that will be published here at AEContent.

Trintity Church, Romanesque Architecture and H. H. Richardson

Trinity Church website
This site includes some biographical information and a virtual tour of the church.

Religious Architecture of H. H. Richardson.
Images from the "Digital Archive of American Architecture"
Boston College. Color slides by Professor Jeffery Howe.
This site features information and images of 19th century architecture.

The Architecture of H. H. Richardson
Book: H. H. Richardson The Architect, His Peers, and Their Era
ISBN 0-262-13356-3
MIT Press

The Historical and Architectural Tour of Newbury Street
features a walking tour of the street and historical photographs of Trinity and the Museum of Natural History (Now Louis Boston)

Frederick Law Olmstead

Frederick Law Olmstead
Biography and work.

Olmstead Home (National Historical Site)
99 Warren Street Brookline, MA

"Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is recognized as the founder of American landscape architecture and the nation’s foremost parkmaker."

National Association for Olmstead Parks

Arnold Arboretum

Olmstead's Emerald Necklace: Art of the Urban Landscape

Shaw Memorial

Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial
Beacon and Park Streets (Boston Common)
This site (the National Parks Service) also includes information about the Black Heritage Trail.

Augustus Saint-Gauden's Memorial
Shaw Memorial Project at the National Gallery of Art. Exhibit website features background information, artist sketches and more.

Facing History Campus
online community for facing history educators

Other Resources

Symphony Hall (BSO website)

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