Classical Architecture in Britain: The Heroic Age

WORSLEY, Giles

ISBN 10: 0300058969 / ISBN 13: 9780300058963

Edité par Published for the Paul Mellon Centre For Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1995

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xiii, 347 p. 29 cm. 350 illustrations, over 60 in colour. Blue cloth hardcover in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Dampstains to text block edge and first and last pages. Numerous signatures on half-title, marking title page. Another signature at bottom of title. Highlights the architectural genius of Inigo Jones, Nicholas Hawksmoor, John Vanbrugh, and others.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Classical Architecture in Britain: The Heroic Age
• Éditeur: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre For Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, New Haven and London
• Date de parution: 1995
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0300058969
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780300058963
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Good +
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

This comprehensive survey of British architecture in the 17th and 18th centuries offers a reassessment of the styles, of the major designers from Inigo Jones to Sir John Soane and of the influence of British architecture during that era. The author notes that architectural styles do not always supersede one another but can co-exist, although one style may be dominant. Focusing on the Palladian classical tradition, introduced by Inigo Jones in the 1610s, he shows that this tradition did not die out with Jones's death and revive only during the first half of the 18th century, as is commonly assumed, but remained viable until the end of the 18th century, rivalling the baroque and rococo styles. Worsley argues that neo-classicism, generally seen as a generic description of architecture in the late-18th century, was actually prevalent in British architecture in varying degrees of strength as early as 1615. Worsley examines the architecture of Scotland, Ireland and North America in the 17th and 18th centuries and shows how styles were influenced by English Palladianism. He also places Palladianism in a European context, pointing out that it was not an isolated phenomenon but was an important feature of Italian, French, Dutch and German architecture during this time. The book sheds light on British architecture and provides an outlook on European and American architecture as a whole.