Charles Barry's victory in the competition to design the new Houses of Parliament in 1836 has been widely regarded as the moment in English architecture when the influence of Greece gave way to Victorian Gothic. In this illustrated book, Frank Salmon redirects attention to major classically-inspired buildings in Birmingham, Cambridge, Liverpool and the City of London, also commissioned in this period after competitions had been held. He argues that these buildings bear witness to a self-conscious and more widespread ...
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Charles Barry's victory in the competition to design the new Houses of Parliament in 1836 has been widely regarded as the moment in English architecture when the influence of Greece gave way to Victorian Gothic. In this illustrated book, Frank Salmon redirects attention to major classically-inspired buildings in Birmingham, Cambridge, Liverpool and the City of London, also commissioned in this period after competitions had been held. He argues that these buildings bear witness to a self-conscious and more widespread identification with the ancient Roman world among the English middle classes, an identification tied to the expression of civic culture and pride during this time of political upheaval and social reform.
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Good (General wear to boards and DJ; DJ may have a price sticker on the back; may have minimal soiling to textblock; interior is clean; binding is solid. ) Blue cloth boards; navy blue illustrated dj. 264 pages: illustrations (some color). Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-259) and index.
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Very Good. 2000. 0th Edition. hardcover. Cloth, dj. Quarto. 264 pp. Profusely illustrated. Pictorial endpapers. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket. Moderate foxing to top edge of text block. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Architecture & Urban Design).
