Synopsis
'Glorious Glasgow' brilliantly captures Glasgow's magnificent architecture. This is undoubtedly the most comprehensive book of its type ever published, with more than 650 photographs, all in full colour and each with its own highly informative caption. The book has been printed using thick glossy art paper ensuring the highest quality of reproduction. Every renowned house, church, public building, office, warehouse, bridge, park, monument, statue and carving can be found here. The city centre, with its stunning palazzi, churches and public buildings, is covered in some depth but there are also substantial sections on every part of Glasgow, from the areas around the river Clyde to the west end, the east, the north and the south side. In addition there are four short sections looking at Glasgow's impressive artistic and industrial heritage, each illustrated by wonderful works of art, among them paintings by Salvador Dali, El Greco and Margaret Macdonald/Mackintosh. These sections are: Second City of Empire; Architectural Genius; Glasgow's Art; Ships and the Clyde. 'Glasgow', opined poet laureate John Betjeman, 'is the finest Victorian city in Britain' and, thanks to world-renowned architects like Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, John Honeyman and John Burnet few could argue with that assessment. Yet there is much more to Glasgow than its quite breathtaking Victoriana. Let us peruse the menu: a fine medieval quarter, based around the cathedral; superb Georgian houses in the Merchant City and on Blythswood Hill; art deco delights; the art nouveau masterpieces associated with Charles Rennie Mackintosh; innovative twenty-first-century designs by a new generation of architects that have won an array of prestigious prizes. Hardly surprising then that Glasgow was named European Capital of Culture for 1990 and UK City of Architecture in 1999. The buildings and works of monumental architecture in 'Glorious Glasgow' are too long to list here but just a few highlights would include Glasgow cathedral, the necropolis, Provand's Lordship, 'Father of Glasgow architecture' David Hamilton's stupendous Gallery of Modern Art, Hutchesons' Hall, tobacco merchant's house, county buildings, High Court of Justiciary, Trades Hall, Tron steeple, Tolbooth steeple, George Square and the city chambers, several statues by Baron Marochetti including the iconic 'Wellington'(complete with traffic cone), St George's Tron, stock exchange, Royal Faculty of Procurators, the Athenaeum, Rogano's restaurant, Buck's Head building, Gardner's warehouse, the Ca D' Oro, Central station, Theatre Royal, St Vincent Street church, Castle chambers, James Sellars House, Blythswood Square, Spectrum building, Savoy centre, Willow tea rooms, Charing Cross mansions, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Film Theatre, Clyde bridges, Briggait, St Andrew's cathedral, Clydeport building, SECC, SSE Hydro, Riverside museum, Mitchell library, Arlington baths, Lobey Dosser statue, Park Circus, Trinity College, Kelvingrove Park, Queen's Rooms, Kelvingrove art galleries, Kelvin hall, University of Glasgow, Hillhead subway, Lansdowne church, St Mary's cathedral, Great Western Terrace, Port Dundas, St George's in the Fields, Alexandra Park, Heavy Horse statue, Provan Hall, the Barras, People's Palace, Doulton fountain, Glasgow Green, Nelson monument, Templeton's carpet factory, St Andrew's Square, Caledonia Road church, Citizen's theatre, Ibrox stadium, Celtic Park, Scotland Street school, Fairfield shipyard, House for an Art Lover, Crookston castle, Pollok House and country park, Burrell collection, Moray Place, double villa, Hampden Park, Holmwood House. A book that any lover of this great city will cherish.
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'Glorious Glasgow' brilliantly captures Glasgow's magnificent architecture. This is undoubtedly the most comprehensive book of its type ever published, with more than 650 photographs, all in full colour and each with its own highly informative caption. The book has been printed using thick glossy art paper ensuring the highest quality of reproduction. Every renowned house, church, public building, office, warehouse, bridge, park, monument, statue and carving can be found here. The city centre, with its stunning palazzi, churches and public buildings, is covered in some depth but there are also substantial sections on every part of Glasgow, from the areas around the river Clyde to the west end, the east, the north and the south side. In addition there are four short sections looking at Glasgow's impressive artistic and industrial heritage, each illustrated by wonderful works of art, among them paintings by Salvador Dali, El Greco and Margaret Macdonald/Mackintosh. These sections are: Second City of Empire; Architectural Genius; Glasgow's Art; Ships and the Clyde. 'Glasgow', opined poet laureate John Betjeman, 'is the finest Victorian city in Britain' and, thanks to world-renowned architects like Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, John Honeyman and John Burnet few could argue with that assessment. Yet there is much more to Glasgow than its quite breathtaking Victoriana. Let us peruse the menu: a fine medieval quarter, based around the cathedral; superb Georgian houses in the Merchant City and on Blythswood Hill; art deco delights; the art nouveau masterpieces associated with Charles Rennie Mackintosh; innovative twenty-first-century designs by a new generation of architects that have won an array of prestigious prizes. Hardly surprising then that Glasgow was named European Capital of Culture for 1990 and UK City of Architecture in 1999. The buildings and works of monumental architecture in 'Glorious Glasgow' are too long to list here but just a few highlights would include Glasgow cathedral, the necropolis, Provand's Lordship, 'Father of Glasgow architecture' David Hamilton's stupendous Gallery of Modern Art, Hutchesons' Hall, tobacco merchant's house, county buildings, High Court of Justiciary, Trades Hall, Tron steeple, Tolbooth steeple, George Square and the city chambers, several statues by Baron Marochetti including the iconic 'Wellington'(complete with traffic cone), St George's Tron, stock exchange, Royal Faculty of Procurators, the Athenaeum, Rogano's restaurant, Buck's Head building, Gardner's warehouse, the Ca D' Oro, Central station, Theatre Royal, St Vincent Street church, Castle chambers, James Sellars House, Blythswood Square, Spectrum building, Savoy centre, Willow tea rooms, Charing Cross mansions, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow Film Theatre, Clyde bridges, Briggait, St Andrew's cathedral, Clydeport building, SECC, SSE Hydro, Riverside museum, Mitchell library, Arlington baths, Lobey Dosser statue, Park Circus, Trinity College, Kelvingrove Park, Queen's Rooms, Kelvingrove art galleries, Kelvin hall, University of Glasgow, Hillhead subway, Lansdowne church, St Mary's cathedral, Great Western Terrace, Port Dundas, St George's in the Fields, Alexandra Park, Heavy Horse statue, Provan Hall, the Barras, People's Palace, Doulton fountain, Glasgow Green, Nelson monument, Templeton's carpet factory, St Andrew's Square, Caledonia Road church, Citizen's theatre, Ibrox stadium, Celtic Park, Scotland Street school, Fairfield shipyard, House for an Art Lover, Crookston castle, Pollok House and country park, Burrell collection, Moray Place, double villa, Hampden Park, Holmwood House. A book that any lover of this great city will cherish.
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