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Classical Architecture in Britain - Worsley, Giles - Yale University Press
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July 1995
364 p., 9 1/2 x 11
285 b/w + 65 color illus.
ISBN: 9780300058963
ISBN-10: 0300058969
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Cloth
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Classical Architecture in BritainThe Heroic Age
Out of Print.
This handsome book—a comprehensive survey of British architecture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries—offers a radical reassessment of the styles of the major designers from Inigo Jones to Sir John Soane and the influence of British architecture during that splendid era.
Giles Worsley notes that architectural styles do not always supersede one another but can coexist, although one style may be dominant. Focusing on the Palladian Classical tradition, introduced by Inigo Jones in the 1610s, he shows that this tradition did not die out with Jones's death and revive only during the first half of the eighteenth century, as is commonly assumed, but remained viable until the end of the eighteenth century, rivaling the Baroque and Rococo styles. Worsley argues that Neoclassicism, generally seen as a generic description for architecture in the late eighteenth century, was actually prevalent in British architecture to varying degrees as early as 1615. Worsley examines architecture of Scotland, Ireland, and North America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and shows how styles were influenced by English Palladianism. He also places Palladianism in a European context, pointing out that it was not an isolated phenomenon but in fact an important feature of Italian, French, Dutch, and German architecture during this time. The book thus not only sheds fresh light on British architecture but also provides a new outlook on European and American architecture as a whole.
Giles Worsley is editor of Perspectives on Architecture.
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