Charles Robert Cockerell, Architect in Time: Reflections around Anachronistic Drawings

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Anne Bordeleau

Charles Robert Cockerell, Architect in Time

Reflections around Anachronistic Drawings

Anne Bordeleau

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Routledge
18 December 2020

The Arts: General & Reference; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Theory of architecture; History of architecture; The environment

Speed, acceleration and rapid change characterize our world, and as we design and construct buildings that are to last at least a few decades and sometimes even centuries, how can architecture continue to act as an important cultural signifier? Focusing on how an important nineteenth-century architect addressed the already shifting relation between architecture, time and history, this book offers insights on issues still relevant today-the struggle between imitation and innovation, the definition (or rejection) of aesthetic experience, the grounds of architectural judgment (who decides and how), or fundamentally, how to act (i.e. build) when there is no longer a single grand narrative but a plurality of possible histories. Six drawings provide the foundation of an itinerary through Charles Robert Cockerell’s conception of architecture, and into the depths of drawings and buildings. Born in England in 1788, Cockerell sketched as a Grand Tourist, he charted architectural history as Royal Academy Professor, he drew to build, to exhibit, to understand the past and to learn from it, publishing his last work in 1860, three years before his death. Under our scrutiny, his drawings become thresholds into the nineteenth century, windows into the architect’s conception of architecture and time, complex documents of past and projected constructions, great examples that reveal a kinetic approach to ornamentation, and the depth of architectural representation.

By: Anne Bordeleau
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 435g
ISBN: 9780367739966
ISBN 10: 0367739968
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 18 December 2020
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Charles Robert Cockerell, Architect in Time

Anne Bordeleau is Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada.

Reviews for Charles Robert Cockerell, Architect in Time: Reflections around Anachronistic Drawings

'Bordeleau's complex and theoretically rich book on Cockerell brings readers into contact with the heart of his belief that The architect adds the substantial and enduring merit of utility, to the glory of beauty of fine arts and transcend (sic) them all ... He then is the true historian of his times . The Victorian 'By closely assessing Cockerell's drawings and architecture, and by drawing parallels between his contemporaries'and architects' practice across periods, the study provides insight not only into Cockerell's work, but also into wider questions on the relation of architecture to time and history.' The Burlington Magazine