Download or read book God s Architect written by Rosemary Hill and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God's Architect is the first modern biography of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852), one of Britain's greatest architects. The author draws on thousands of unpublished letters and drawings to recreate Pugin's life and work as architect, propagandist, and Gothic designer, as well as the turbulent story of his three marriages, the bitterness of his last years, and his sudden death at forty. -- Inside cover.
Download or read book Pugin s Builder written by Patricia Spencer-Silver and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Myers was one of the great Master Builders of the Victorian Age. Born in 'Hull in 1803, he gained renown as 'Pugin's Builder' and - from his workshops in Hull and then in London - directed a nationwide contracting business. Myers executed many of Pugin's buildings, such as cathedrals in Newcastle, Birmingham, Nottingham and Southwark and the Medieval Court for the Great Exhibition of 1851. In fact Myers undertook work for nearly 100 other architects. This included the original camp at Aldershot, military hospitals and the Staff College, Broadmoor Hospital and restoration work at the Guildhall, the Towers of London, Windsor Castle and extensive work for the Rothschilds. He died in London in 1875. This book, based on original research, provides a fascinating account of mid-19th century England and some of its most interesting figures. It contains hitherto unpublished drawings by Pugin.
Download or read book The Pugins and the Catholic Midlands written by Roderick O'Donnell and published by Gracewing Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A W N Pugin written by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pub. for Bard Grad. Ctr. for Studies in Decorative Arts, NY, Exhibition catalog.
Download or read book The Collected Letters of A W N Pugin 1830 1842 written by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and published by Collected Letters of A.W.N. Pu. This book was released on 2001 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of A. W. N. Pugin (1812-52) in the history of the Gothic Revival, in the development of ecclesiology, in the origins of the Arts and Crafts movement, and in architectural theory is incontestable. A leading British architect who was also a designer of furniture, silver,textiles, stained glass, and jewellery, he is one of the most significant figures of the mid-nineteenth century and one of the greatest designers.His correspondence is important because it provides more insight into the man and more information about his work than any other source. It cuts a cross-section through early Victorian society: his correspondents range from earls and bishops to painters and tradesmen. The letters illuminate majorpublic events like the Oxford Movement, the (Roman) Catholic revival, and the Great Exhibition of 1851. They are vigorous, direct, often witty and provide an invaluable source for architectural and religio-historical research. Dr Belcher's very thorough research generally transforms what has oftenbeen a blank area, drawing together many sources. By 1842, when this volume ends, Pugin is established in his career. He has written books, designed buildings, found his faith, and made himself known.
Download or read book Architect written by and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Architect written by and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 1314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Irish Builder and Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book George Myers written by Patricia Spencer-Silver and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "George Myers (1803-1875) was one of the mid-nineteenth century's great master builders. From his workshops, first in his native Hull and later in London, he directed a nation wide business executing many large and important contracts, as builder, stone mason and woodcarver. These ranged from churches and cathedrals to the new army camp at Aldershot, military hospitals, asylums, workhouses, banks and other commercial premises, country houses and restorations of historic buildings including the Tower of London." --Book Jacket.
Download or read book American Architect written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Architect and Building News written by and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The True Principles of Pointed Or Christian Architecture written by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A W N Pugin written by David Frazer Lewis and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A.W.N. Pugin transformed the Gothic Revival from an architectural style into an international movement. He decorated and furnished the Houses of Parliament, creating one of the icons of modern British identity in the process. His church designs were vastly influential, and although he was staunchly Roman Catholic, he did much to set the aesthetic tone of modern Anglicanism. The house he designed for himself at Ramsgate transformed the Victorian Gothic villa, demonstrating the ways a thoroughly modern house could draw integral lessons from the Middle Ages. And although his whole ideal was woven around a conception of English identity, his influence was international. Architects in the United States, northern Europe, and across the British Empire followed his lead, drawing from elements of his aesthetic and ideals, and in doing so, altered the look and feel of the nineteenth-century city. Despite the popularity of Pugin’s work, this is the first single-volume overview of his architecture to be published since 1971. It summarises much new scholarship and provides a good introduction to his career as well as new insight for those who might already be familiar with it.
Download or read book The Collected Letters of A W N Pugin written by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and published by Collected Letters of A.W.N. Pu. This book was released on 2001 with total page 751 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of A. W. N. Pugin (1812-52) in architecture and design in England and beyond is incontestable. The leading architect of the Gothic Revival, Pugin is one of the most significant figures of the mid-nineteenth century and one of the greatest designers. His correspondence furnishes more insight into the man and more information about his work than any other source. This volume, the last of five, contains letters from 1851 and the first months of 1852; after that, Pugin's health failed and he died in September. In the great event of the period, the international exhibition held in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, the display of objects made to Pugin's design, which he planned and oversaw, was an outstanding success, bringing substantial commercial benefit to his colleagues and spreading Pugin's influence even more widely than before. The value of his judgment was recognized in his appointment to two committees in connection with the Great Exhibition. Frantic though the preparations for what came to be known as the Medieval Court were, Pugin made time to write for publication. He issued letters and pamphlets in explanation, defence, and support of the Catholic Church and its re-established hierarchy, and turned again to the conundrum that had long teased him, the relation between the faith and the form, not only architectural, in which it found expression. He completed the book on chancel screens conceived some years before. At home in The Grange at Ramsgate, he continued to design stained glass windows, for other architects as well as his own clients, and supervised the production of cartoons; he poured out designs in his usual fields of metalwork, ceramics, furniture, carving, and wallpaper, and branched out, not always happily, into new areas such as embroidery and the decoration of piano cases. The demand for drawings for Westminster, where the House of Commons was due to open early in 1852, was as incessant as ever. His last child, Edmund Peter, was born in 1851 only a few months before his first grandchild, Mildred. Both were baptized in the church of St Augustine which he was still building next to his house and where he himself was soon to be laid in the vault he provided for the purpose. The volume also includes some letters which have come to light too late for inclusion in their proper chronological places and some texts of doubtful authenticity.
Download or read book The Architect in History written by Martin Shaw Briggs and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The London Blue Plaque Guide written by Nick Rennison and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2009-05-29 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connecting people with places, London's distinctive Blue Plaque scheme highlights the buildings where some of the most remarkable men and women in our history and culture have lived and worked. From Richard Burton to Karl Marx, Marie Stopes to Jimi Hendrix, this fully updated 4th edition of The London Blue Plaque Guide has over 900 entries and provides an essential companion to the famous people who have made their homes in the city. It includes updated maps and a useful list of names by profession as well as location. As the definitive guide to the fascinating historical figures who have lived in London, it will be invaluable to residents and tourists alike.
