Pugin's Builder

Pugin's Builder
Title Pugin's Builder PDF eBook
Author Patricia Spencer-Silver
Publisher
Pages 412
Release 1993
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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George Myers was one of the great Master Builders of the Victorian Age. Born in 'Hull in 1803, he gained renown as 'Pugin's Builder' and - from his workshops in Hull and then in London - directed a nationwide contracting business. Myers executed many of Pugin's buildings, such as cathedrals in Newcastle, Birmingham, Nottingham and Southwark and the Medieval Court for the Great Exhibition of 1851. In fact Myers undertook work for nearly 100 other architects. This included the original camp at Aldershot, military hospitals and the Staff College, Broadmoor Hospital and restoration work at the Guildhall, the Towers of London, Windsor Castle and extensive work for the Rothschilds. He died in London in 1875. This book, based on original research, provides a fascinating account of mid-19th century England and some of its most interesting figures. It contains hitherto unpublished drawings by Pugin.

Architecture in France in the Eighteenth Century

Architecture in France in the Eighteenth Century
Title Architecture in France in the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook
Author Wend Graf Kalnein
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 317
Release 1995-01-01
Genre Architecture
ISBN 0300060130

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Architecture in France in the Eighteenth Century Wend von Kalnein French architecture of the eighteenth century - which exhibited great technical ability and refined taste - influenced architectural style throughout Europe. This handsome book is a survey of the French architecture of the period. It begins with the origins of the 'style moderne' under the last years of Louis XIV, discusses the end of Rococo and the return to antiquity, and concludes with the Revolutionary architecture and the house of Madame Récamier. Kalnein describes the development of palace and hôtel architecture by the two great architects de Cotte and Boffrand, discussing such large urban projects as the reconstruction of Rennes and the Places Royales. He traces the return to antiquity (which began when the scholars of the Académie d'Architecture were sent to Rome), the revolutionary architecture with its grand, but never executed, projects, and the shift from neoclassicism to early romanticism. Kalnein also examines the decorative arts of the period, which became even more important than architecture in the Rococo period. Focusing on such architects as Boffrand, Gabriel, and Redoux, he shows how a study of their building decoration illuminates the evolution of 'style moderne,' the battle between Rococo and Neoclassicism, and the dissemination of French styles throughout Europe.

British Miniaturists

British Miniaturists
Title British Miniaturists PDF eBook
Author Basil Somerset Long
Publisher
Pages 475
Release 1929
Genre Miniature painters
ISBN

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Of Building

Of Building
Title Of Building PDF eBook
Author Roger North
Publisher Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press
Pages 220
Release 1981
Genre Architecture
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Handbook and Directory

Handbook and Directory
Title Handbook and Directory PDF eBook
Author District of Columbia Library Association
Publisher
Pages 60
Release 1897
Genre
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The Comic History of Rome

The Comic History of Rome
Title The Comic History of Rome PDF eBook
Author Gilbert Abbott À Beckett
Publisher
Pages 350
Release 1852
Genre Rome
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Goldsmiths & Silversmiths

Goldsmiths & Silversmiths
Title Goldsmiths & Silversmiths PDF eBook
Author Hugh Honour
Publisher London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Pages 320
Release 1971
Genre Art metal-workers
ISBN 9780297003441

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Studies of 50 goldsmiths and silversmiths from 10 countries and 11 centuries.