Architecture in Britain; 1530-1830, Ninth Edition

by John Summerson

Edition: 9th

ISBN13: 9780300058864

ISBN10: 0300058861

Format: Trade Paper

Pub. Date: 1989-09-10

Publisher(s): Yale University Press

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Summary

In this book Sir John Summerson charts the development of architectural theory and practice from Elizabeth I to George IV. Questions of style, technology, and the social framework of architecture are resolved as separable but always essential components of the building world. Men of genius and buildings of fame emerge: Inigo Jones, Wren, Vanbrugh, Adam, Soane; Hampton Court, St Paul's Cathedral, London squares and the terraces and crescents of Bath. Appendices deal with Scottish architecture before the union and buildings in the thirteen colonies of America. The book is a companion to Ellis Waterhouse's Painting in Britain 1530-1830 and Margaret Whinney's Sculpture in Britain 1530-1830; colour plates have been added to this new edition. Book jacket.

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Note to the Eighth Edition	p. 10
Maps	p. 11
The English Renaissance (1530-1610)
The Building Works of Henry VIII	p. 23
Tudor Patronage and the 'New Fashion'	p. 37
Elizabethan Building: Influences and Methods	p. 50
The Prodigy Houses of Queen Elizabeth's Reign	p. 58
Prodigy Houses: The Jacobean Sequel	p. 75
Building in Town and Country 1570-1640	p. 90
Inigo Jones and His Times (1610-60)
Inigo Jones at the Court of James I	p. 103
The Surveyorship of Inigo Jones 1615-43	p. 110
Inigo Jones, His Contemporaries and Followers	p. 129
Architecture and the Artisan 1615-75	p. 142
Churches and Collegiate Buildings 1530-1660	p. 157
The Restoration: Hugh May; Dr Christopher Wren	p. 173
Wren and the Baroque (1660-1710)
The Rebuilding of London: The City Churches	p. 187
St Paul's Cathedral	p. 203
The Royal Works, 1660-1702	p. 221
Wren and his Contemporaries	p. 233
English Baroque: Hawksmoor, Vanbrugh, Archer	p. 251
The Royal Works, 1702-26	p. 272
Churches and the Universities 1702-36	p. 278
The Palladian Phase (1710-50)
The Palladian Movement: Campbell, Burlington, and Kent	p. 295
The Individuality of James Gibbs	p. 324
Palladian Permeation: The Villa	p. 334
The House and the Street in the Eighteenth Century	p. 354
Building in Gothic: From Wren to Walpole	p. 366
Neo-Classicism and the Picturesque (1750-1830)
Neo-classicism: Britons Abroad	p. 377
William Chambers and Robert Adam	p. 384
Neo-classicism: The Second Generation	p. 410
Materials and Methods in the Age of 'Improvement'	p. 438
The Picturesque and the Cult of Styles	p. 447
Greek and Gothic: Architecture after Waterloo	p. 471
Architecture in Scotland 1530-1707	p. 499
English Architecture in America	p. 512
Notes	p. 529
Bibliography	p. 541
Publications since 1983: A Narrative Bibliography	p. 550
List of Illustrations	p. 554
Index	p. 565
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