Contrasts - Or, a Parallel Between Noble Edifices of Middle Ages Corresponding

Klappentext This 1841 revised second edition of Contrasts champions medieval architecture by satirically comparing it with 'debased' Regency equivalents. Zusammenfassung Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812–52), architect, author and interior designer, was among the most important figures in Britain's nineteenth-century Gothic Revival. First published in 1836, Contrasts is his most famous work, and this revised second edition of 1841 champions medieval architecture by satirically comparing it with 'debased' Regency equivalents. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the second edition; Plates; 1. On the feelings which produced the great edifices of the middle ages; 2. On the revived pagan principle; 3. Under Henry VIII; 4. Under Edward VI; 5. On the present degraded state of ecclesiastical buildings; Conclusion; Appendix.

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• Authors: A. W. Pugin, Pugin A. W.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2013
• EAN: 9781108061346
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06134-6
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; ARCHITECTURE / History / General, History of Architecture