Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Architectural Reprint
Author: Victorian Perceptions of Renaissance Architecture
Author: Katherine WheelerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351537768
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
In the mid-1880s The Builder, an influential British architectural journal, published an article characterizing Renaissance architecture as a corrupt bastardization of the classical architecture of Greece and Rome. By the turn of the century, however, the same journal praised the Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi as the ?Christopher Columbus of modern architecture.? Victorian Perceptions of Renaissance Architecture, 1850-1914 examines these conflicting characterizations and reveals how the writing of architectural history was intimately tied to the rise of the professional architect and the formalization of architectural education in late nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on a broad range of evidence, including literary texts, professional journals, university curricula, and census records, Victorian Perceptions reframes works by seminal authors such as John Ruskin, Walter Pater, John Addington Symonds, and Geoffrey Scott alongside those by architect-authors such as William J. Anderson and Reginald Blomfield within contemporary architectural debates. Relevant for architectural historians, as well as literary scholars and those in Victorian studies, Victorian Perceptions reassesses the history of Renaissance architecture within the formation of a modern, British architectural profession.
Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies and of the Early Republic
Author: Fiske KimballPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Colonial
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Publications
Author: The English Catalogue of Books
Author: Sampson LowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 800
Book Description
Volumes for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
Book Auction Records
Author: Frank KarslakePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
A priced and annotated annual record of international book auctions.
English Shop-fronts, Old and New
Author: A History of Western Society, Volume 2
Author: John P. McKayPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312640609
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 697
Book Description
Now from Bedford/St. Martin's, A History of Western Society is one of the most successful textbooks available because it captures students' interest in the everyday life of the past and ties social history to the broad sweep of politics and culture. The tenth edition has been thoroughly revised to strengthen the text's readability, heighten its attention to daily life, and incorporate the insights of new scholarship, including an enhanced treatment of European exploration and a thoroughly revised post-1945 section. With a dynamic new design, new special features, and a completely revised and robust companion reader, this major revision makes the past memorable and accessible for a new generation of students and instructors.
New Pencil Points
Author: Eugene ClutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architectural drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Cavalier
Author: Lucy WorsleyPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1596919418
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
From the Chief Curator of the Historic Royal Palaces in England, a vivid and captivating portrait of a seventeenth-century nobleman, his household, and the dramatic decades surrounding the English Civil War. William Cavendish embodied the popular image of a cavalier. He was both courageous and cultured. His passions were architecture, horses, and women. And, along with the whole courtly world of King Charles I and his cavaliers, he was doomed to failure. This is the story of one remarkable man, but it is also a rich evocation of what sustained him-his elaborate household. In this accessible narrative history, Lucy Worsley brings to life the complex and fascinating hierarchies among the inhabitants of the great houses of the seventeenth century, painting a picture of conspiracy, sexual intrigue, clandestine marriage, and gossip. From Ben Jonson and Anthony Van Dyck to long-forgotten servants, Cavalier recreates the cacaphony, stink, ceremony, and splendor of the stately home and its inhabitants.