Charles Robert Cockerell, Architect in Time - Reflections Around Anachronistic Drawings

Zusatztext 'Bordeleau's complex and theoretically rich book on Cockerell brings readers into contact with the heart of his belief that "The architect adds the substantial and enduring merit of utility! to the glory of beauty of fine arts and transcend (sic) them all ... He then is the true historian of his times". The Victorian 'By closely assessing Cockerell's drawings and architecture! and by drawing parallels between his contemporaries'and architects' practice across periods! the study provides insight not only into Cockerell's work! but also into wider questions on the relation of architecture to time and history.' The Burlington Magazine Informationen zum Autor Anne Bordeleau is Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo! Canada. Zusammenfassung Focusing on how an important nineteenth-century architect addressed the already shifting relation between architecture, time and history, this book offers insights on issues still relevant today-the struggle between imitation and innovation, the definition (or rejection) of aesthetic experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis Charles Robert Cockerell, Architect in Time

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Anne Bordeleau
• Editore: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 10.09.2014
• EAN: 9781409453697
• ISBN: 978-1-4094-5369-7
• Pagine: 192
• Serie: Ashgate Studies in Architecture
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; ART / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / Criticism, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Art, History of Architecture, Theory of architecture