Author: John BelcherPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781397359209
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Excerpt from Later Renaissance Architecture in England, Vol. 1: A Series of Examples of the Domestic Buildings Erected Subsequent to the Elizabethan Period Ater Renaissance Architecture in England is a title chosen by the Editors to A Z 1 denote those buildings which, as the outcome of the more experimental work of the earlier period, embody Renaissance principles and methods in their highest form. Fine examples of this later work occur all over England, and are always found to be not only marked by local Characteristics, but also Closely adapted to the materials available and to the position occupied. No attempt has been made to classify them, or to arrange them in chronological order, or to trace by example the growth or development of Renaissance Architecture. The Editors have rather sought to illustrate its adaptability to every purpose, large or small, monumental or domestic. They have, therefore, not always selected the largest or best known works, but have in many cases given preference to obscure and smaller buildings, as being likely to prove of greater value to students of domestic work; small town houses, the houses of the people, city buildings and shops all being represented in the selection. They may have omitted examples more worthy of illustration than some of those given; indeed a few such have been brought to their knowledge too late to be included. Many buildings, however, suggested to them as desirable subjects, and which they therefore visited, or of which they obtained illustrations, proved on examination to be of very little interest; others, good in themselves, were found to be so very similar to examples already selected, that it was not desirable to include them, since to do so must have caused others, showing greater variety of treatment, to be excluded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.