R. W. Liscombe

William Wilkins 1778 1839

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1980 text was the first biography of William Wilkins, the regency architect whose reputation once rivalled that of Nash.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 410
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 591g
• ISBN-13: 9780521144674
• ISBN-10: 0521144671
• Artikelnr.: 32084812

Inhaltsangabe

List of plates
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: 'The best educated classic'
1. beginnings
2. Antiqaries abroad
3. Temples of learning
4. 'The true proportions of that noble architecture'
5. The Civil Architecture of Vitruvius
6. The Gothic mode
7. Dilettanti
8. National monuments and private commissions
9. Alma Mater
10. Institutional architecture
11. Preservation
12. A temple of the arts
13. The ebb
Architectural designs and drawings
Notes
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The plates
Select index.