Wrought Iron in Architecture
Author: Gerald Kenneth Geerlings
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 202
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gerald Kenneth Geerlings
Publisher:
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 202
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gerald Kenneth Geerlings
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780486245355
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This classic work documents the many uses and ingenious adaptations of wrought iron in architecture, with numerous examples from the fourteenth century through the twentieth centuries. Gerald Geerlings' extensive introduction details the properties of wrought iron; its textures; tools and terms of the trade; architectural applications, design, motifs, and ornamentation; economic considerations; finishing; and more. The author illuminates the history of wrought iron with carefully researched surveys of the craft in several countries, including Italy, Spain, England, Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, and America. Nearly 400 illustrations, including 73 clear drawings and 307 sharply focused photographs of gates, railings, screens, lighting fixtures, bannisters, balconies, door knockers, and other objects, chronicle the evolution of wrought iron as both a structural and decorative material. Special attention is devoted to early-twentieth-century developments and applications of this highly useful metal.
Author: William Winthrop Kent
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Published: 2014-08-07
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9781498178297
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This Is A New Release Of The Original 1888 Edition. A Compilation Of Examples From Various Sources Of German, Swiss, Italian, French, English, And American Iron.
Author: Gerald Kenneth Geerlings
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Published: 1957
Total Pages: 202
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William Winthrop Kent
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-11-20
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9780331554816
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from Architectural Wrought-Iron, Ancient and Modern: A Compilation of Examples From Various Sources, of German, Swiss, Italian, French, English and Amt Ican Iron, Work From Medieval Times Down to the Present Day IT is only within a comparatively few years that much attention has been given by American architects to the detail of wrought-iron design. The causes of this are, I think, the Same that have retarded the progress of architecture and the allied arts generally - want of direct tradition, and the carelessness natural to a new and money-making nation, about anything except that which has a practical bearing on immediate material gain. That a great change has taken place in this respect, and is exerting a stronger influence every day on the quality of architectural design generally, must be evident to anyone who is sufficiently interested in such matters to look around him. What has caused this change beyond the sudden acquisition of wealth, and consequent improvement in the public taste, it is not possible to discuss here, but that bad design Should henceforth be more a matter of stupidity than of custom, is certainly to be desired and this is, I hope, an excuse for even such modest attempts as the present compilation. 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: William Winthrop 1860-1955 Kent
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2021-09-10
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9781015261181
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