William Wilkins 1778-1839

Klappentext This 1980 text was the first biography of William Wilkins, the regency architect whose reputation once rivalled that of Nash. Zusammenfassung This 1980 text was the first biography of William Wilkins! the regency architect whose reputation once rivalled that of Nash and who is probably the best known today as the designer of the National gallery in London. Using letters! sketches and notebooks! the author studies Wilkins's career in detail. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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; Select bibliography; The plates; Select index.

Product details

• Authors: R. W. Liscombe, R.w. Liscombe
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2010
• EAN: 9780521144674
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14467-4
• No. of pages: 410
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architecture, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Individual architects & architectural firms, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General, ARCHITECTURE / General, Biography: historical, political and military, Individual architects and architectural firms