By the early 19th century the Gothic Revival was well on the way to becoming the most important style in Britain and was influencing public taste all over the world. With its particular concerns for pattern, ornament, and anti-classical principles of design and structure, the style remained popular until the 1920s and continues to be well known today. Less familiar, however, is the man who invented the Gothic Revival, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, the most influential designer in 19th-century Britain. This book is the ...
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By the early 19th century the Gothic Revival was well on the way to becoming the most important style in Britain and was influencing public taste all over the world. With its particular concerns for pattern, ornament, and anti-classical principles of design and structure, the style remained popular until the 1920s and continues to be well known today. Less familiar, however, is the man who invented the Gothic Revival, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, the most influential designer in 19th-century Britain. This book is the first to offer a complete appraisal of Pugin's life and achievements.
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First edition (softcover). 4to (28cm by 25cm), xiv, 311pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Original laminated card wrappers. This book is in very good condition. ISBN 0300060149.
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Good+ 0300060149. Binding solid. Pages unmarked and bright. Old price blacked out on front endpages. Cover has a little wear to edges, and curl at fore-edge affects a few pages.; 11.1 X 9.7 X 0.9 inches; 328 pages.
