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Georgian Architecture in the British Isles 1714-1830 (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Georgian Architecture in the British Isles 1714-1830 (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: English Heritage
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First published in 1993, this is a fully revised and newly
illustrated guide to the architecture of the British Isles during
the reigns of the first four Georges (1714-1830). The term
'Georgian' suggests a dignified, often symmetrical facade of brick,
with elegant sash-windows, a doorcase (usually with a fanlight),
and a well-mannered and reticent appearance. The book shows the
remarkable diversity of the architecture created during the era,
from the grander Classicism influenced by the architecture of
Italy, notably that of Andrea Palladio (1508-80), to the exotic
tastes for Chinoiserie, Rococo, Gothick, and even the Indian
styles. All of these aspects are discussed, setting the scene in
respect of notions concerned with the aesthetic categories of the
Beautiful, the Picturesque, and the Sublime and drawing attention
especially to the importance of the Picturesque during the Georgian
period. This handsome book is a celebration of the main themes
found in building-design of the time, and an examination of the
stylistic choices of the age: Palladianism, the search for
uncorrupted Classical sources through the study of Antiquity, the
various revivals of Roman, Greek, and Egyptian styles, the taste
for the exotic and for Orientalism, and the growing interest in
medieval architecture, monastic remains and ruins which played such
an important part in the Gothic Revival. Comprehensively
illustrated with many images in colour and supported by an
extensive bibliography, this clear and concise text should enable
all those interested in the Georgian period to look at the
surviving architecture with informed and discerning eyes.
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