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Oxford Jackson - Architecture, Education, Status, and Style

English · Paperback / Softback

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This is the first biography of T. G. Jackson, an architect who transformed the image of Oxford, rebuilt public schools, and became a leading architect of the arts and crafts movement. Although many of his buildings are famous, until now he has been little known. Yet his work illuminates a whole society as well as an individual.

List of contents










  • Introduction

  • 1: 'Recording our Eclectic Age': Jackson and the Dilemma of Style

  • 2: 'The Unity of Art': Jackson and the Arts and Crafts

  • 3: 'The Maker of Modern Oxford': Jackson and the Architecture of Progress

  • 4: 'In the Shadow of Anglo-Jackson': Jackson and the Public Schools

  • 5: 'Cambridge at Last!': Jackson and the Architecture of Science

  • 6: 'An Intellectual Aristocracy': Jackson, his Clients, and their World

  • Conclusion

  • Bibliography

  • Index



About the author










William Whyte, Fellow, tutor and university lecturer in history, St John's College, Oxford.


Summary

This is the first biography of T. G. Jackson, an architect who transformed the image of Oxford, rebuilt public schools, and became a leading architect of the arts and crafts movement. Although many of his buildings are famous, until now he has been little known. Yet his work illuminates a whole society as well as an individual.

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