Architects and the 'Building World' from Chambers to Ruskin: Constructing Authority

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Brian Hanson (Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal)

Architects and the 'Building World' from Chambers to Ruskin

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Constructing Authority

Brian Hanson (Portuguese Catholic University, Portugal)

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Cambridge University Press
15 September 2011

History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Theory of architecture; History of architecture

This study peers behind the veil of architectural styles to the underlying social microcosm of the 'building world' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, to examine how the fragile authority of the architect took root there. Bringing to architectural history methods more familiar from studies of the social content of poetry and painting, Brian Hanson is able to establish often surprising relationships between many of the key figures of the period - including Chambers, Soane, Barry, Pugin, Scott and Street - shedding light also on lesser figures, and on agencies as diverse as Freemasonry and magazine publishing. John Ruskin in particular emerges here in a different light, as do his arguments concerning 'The Nature of Gothic'. In line with rethinking of the pace of industrialization, and the dynamic between the metropolitan centres and the more slowly evolving 'fringes', Hanson concludes that in some respects Ruskin was closer to William Chambers than to William Morris.

By: Brian Hanson (Portuguese Catholic University Portugal)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 580g
ISBN: 9781107403314
ISBN 10: 1107403316
Pages: 394
Publication Date: 15 September 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active