Personal and Professional Recollections (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

George Gilbert Scott

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330123220 ISBN 13 : 9781330123225

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Personal and Professional Recollections

Treatise on Domestic Architecture, 177. Competition for the New Government Offices, 178. Is appointed to this work, 181. Change of Government, 185. Is directed to prepare an Italian design, 192. Is elected a Royal Academician.

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The following Personal and Professional Recollections were commenced by my father many years ago. They were designed originally for the information of his family, but as the work progressed the scope of it became enlarged. In 1873 my father drew up directions for its publication in the event of his decease, and his instructions upon the subject are precise. I feel it due, he writes, to myself that the statement of my professional life should go before the public in a fair and unprejudiced form; and the more so as I have been one of the leading actors in the greatest architectural movement which has occurred since the Classic renaissance. I only seek to be placed before the public fairly and honourably, as I trust I deserve; and I commit this especially to those whose duty it is to do it, begging the blessing of Almighty God upon their exertions. The manuscript, naturally enough, contains much that is unsuited to publication, and which my father, had he lived to revise it for the press, would undoubtedly have modified or erased.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

One of the leading exponents of the nineteenth century's Gothic Revival, the architect Sir George Gilbert Scott (1811–78) most famously designed the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens and the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras. In the design and restoration of churches and cathedrals, his work was distinguished by its care, skill and sheer volume: most medieval cathedrals in England and Wales, including Westminster Abbey, benefited from Scott's expertise in some form. Written between 1864 and his death, then edited by his son and fellow architect George Gilbert Scott (1839–97), this 1879 autobiography was among the first of its kind, recording the background, career and opinions of a prolific professional architect. Moreover, the work includes a defence of Scott's principles against what he saw as the 'anti-restoration movement', led by John Ruskin and others. Altogether, these lucid memoirs confirm Scott's place at the centre of Victorian design.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330123220
• ISBN 13: 9781330123225
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 494
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