Author: John FrewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Aspects of Scottish Classicism
Author: John FrewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Classical Caledonia
Author: Alan MontgomeryPublisher:
ISBN: 9781474445658
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book focuses on early modern attitudes towards Scotland's ancient past and looks in particular at the ways in which this past was not only misunderstood, but also manipulated in attempts to create a patriotic history for the nation. Adding a new perspective on the formation of Scotland's national identity, the book documents a century-long, often heated debate regarding the extent of Roman influence north of Hadrian's Wall. By exploring the lives and writings of antiquarians, poets and Enlightenment thinkers, it aims to uncover the political, patriotic and intellectual influences which fuelled this debate. Classical Caledonia casts a light on a rarely discussed aspect of Scotland's historiography, one which played a vital role in establishing early modern notions of 'Scottishness' at a time when Scotland was coming to terms with radical and traumatic changes to its position within Britain and the wider world.
Scotland's Music
Author: John PurserPublisher: Mainstream Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781845961602
Category : Folk music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Scotland's Music' is an all-embracing account of the history of music and musicians in Scotland, from the Stone Age to the present day. It emcompasses traditional, classical and popular music and places them in their historical contexts, adding vital information to the history of Scotland itself.
Elements of Physical and Classical Geography
Author: James PillansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classical geography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Neo-classical Town
Author: William A. BrogdenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Architecture of Scotland, 1660-1750
Author: Humm Louisa HummPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474455298
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 709
Book Description
This architectural survey covers one of Scotland's most important periods of political and architectural change when mainstream European classicism became embedded as the cultural norm. Interposed between the decline of 'the Scottish castle' and its revival as Scotch Baronial architecture, the contributors consider both private and public/civic architecture. They showcase the architectural reflections of a Scotland finding its new elites by providing new research, analysing paradigms such as Holyrood and Hamilton Palace, as well as external reference points such as Paris tenements, Roman precedents and English parallels. Typologically, the book is broad in scope, covering the architecture and design of country estate and also the urban scene in the era before Edinburgh New Town. Steps decisively away from the 'Scottish castle' genre of architectureContextualises the work of Scotland's first well-documented grouping of major architects - including Sir William Bruce, Mr James Smith, James Gibbs and the Adam dynastyDocuments the architectural developments of a transformational period in Scottish history Beautifully illustrated throughout with 300 colour illustrations a
A History of Scottish Architecture
Author: Miles GlendinningPublisher:
ISBN: 9780748607419
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
This compact yet comprehensive history of Scottish architecture combines factual description of the vast & fertile range of visual forms & key architects in each period with a wide-ranging analysis of their social, ideological & historical context.
Classical Caledonia
Author: Montgomery Alan MontgomeryPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474445667
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book focuses on early modern attitudes towards Scotland's ancient past and looks in particular at the ways in which this past was not only misunderstood, but also manipulated in attempts to create a patriotic history for the nation. Adding a new perspective on the formation of Scotland's national identity, the book documents a century-long, often heated debate regarding the extent of Roman influence north of Hadrian's Wall. By exploring the lives and writings of antiquarians, poets and Enlightenment thinkers, it aims to uncover the political, patriotic and intellectual influences which fuelled this debate. Rome versus Caledonia will cast light on a rarely discussed aspect of Scotland's historiography, one which played a vital role in establishing early modern notions of 'Scottishness' at a time when Scotland was coming to terms with radical and traumatic changes to its position within Britain and the wider world.
Encyclopaedia of Antiquities, and Elements of Archaeology, Classical and Mediaeval
Author: Thomas Dudley FosbrokePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Scottish Architecture
Author: Deborah HowardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This volume considers Scottish architecture in the century following the Reformation. It examines how the principal social groups within Scotland responded to the stimulus of Renaissance classicism from the continent whilst retaining a distinctively Scottish style.