British Architects and Craftsmen - Taste, Design and Style 1600 to 1830

Informationen zum Autor Younger brother of Dame Edith Sitwell and Sir Osbert Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell (1897-1988) was a prolific writer of both poetry and prose. Born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, he served in the Grenadier Guards in World War I. After the war he went to Balliol College Oxford, but did not complete his degree. He travelled widely throughout his life and wrote many books on architecture, particularly the baroque. Klappentext A survey of taste! design! and style of British architects and craftsmen from 1600 to 1830! including not only Sir Christopher Wren! Sir John Vanbrugh! William Kent and other great English architects! but also the craftsmen - the clockmakers! the silversmiths! the bookbinders! and the weavers of tapestry of this period. Zusammenfassung 'The genius of English architecture is the glory of England, second only to the printed word.'Thus Sacheverell Sitwell (younger brother of Edith and Osbert Sitwell) concludes British Architects and Craftsmen, an absorbing survey of taste, design, and style from 1600 to 1830, first published to great critical acclaim in 1945.

Product details

• Authors: Sacheverell Sitwell
• Assisted by: Sacheverel Sitwell (Editor), Sacheverell Sitwell (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.2008
• EAN: 9780571242870
• ISBN: 978-0-571-24287-0
• No. of pages: 344
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Architecture, ARCHITECTURE / General