Author: Lawrence Weaver
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-09-16
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781528567329
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Lutyens Houses and Gardens He has by one little work - the Cenotaph-made joy in fine architecture a possession of the people. Wholly admirable as it is in its own right as a piece of austere design, it is much more. It was accepted forthwith by every one gentle and simple, by those who use strange phrases about Art and by those who have never thought of Art in terms of human life, as a perfect expression of the Nation's grief and thankfulness and of its pride in the Glorious Dead. By that one work Sir Edwin Lutyens' art has become an affair of national importance. I am tempted to believe that there are many who will not care to follow a laborious estimate of his place in British architecture, but may like to see something of the buildings that have set him where he stands. For the Cenotaph is something more than a happy incident it is a normal development. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 522
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Lawrence Weaver
Publisher: London : Country life ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Published: 1921
Total Pages: 216
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: LAWRENCE. WEAVER
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Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781033125342
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: British museum. Dept. of printed books
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Published: 1931
Total Pages: 520
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jane Ridley
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 518
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The work of Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) includes the Cenotaph in Whitehall, much of Imperial New Delhi and especially his masterpiece, Viceroy's House (now Rashtrapati Bhavan), Queen Mary's dolls' house and Hampstead Garden Suburb. But his greatest heritage is the traditional Edwardian country house, an architectural style he made his own, using local materials and often working with Gertrude Jekyll who planted the gardens for his family homes. This is a full biography of a witty, complex personality, a man who had little formal education, who loved jokes and hated growing up. It is also a portrait of an extraordinary marriage. His wife, Emily, fell in love with Krishnamurti, 21 years her junior and believed to be the reincarnation of a god, and she thereafter spent her time and her husband's money promoting Theosophy, a Hindu-inspired cult. Lutyens's failure to find a common language with Emily possibly drove him to achieve the remarkable communication through the language of architecture which characterises his best work.
Author: Charles Hind
Publisher: Marsilio Editori
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788831706520
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Palladio lived and worked some 500 years ago in the Veneto, yet his influence, and particularly his impact on American architecture, has been greater than that of any architect since. This book shows how Palladio studied and reinterpreted the architecture of antiquity, how he developed his ideas, how his message spread, and how Palladianism developed.
Author: Sally Mitchell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012-08-06
Total Pages: 1014
ISBN-13: 1136716173
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1988, this encyclopedia serves as an overview and point of entry to the complex interdisciplinary field of Victorian studies. The signed articles, which cover persons, events, institutions, topics, groups and artefacts in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901, have been written by authorities in the field and contain bibliographies to provide guidelines for further research. The work is intended for undergraduates and the general reader, and also as a starting point for graduates who wish to explore new fields.