The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture: Set Forth in Two Lectures Delivered at St. Marie's, Oscott (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

A. Welby Pugin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0265588685 ISBN 13: 9780265588680

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture<br/><br/>We shall have therefore to consider ornament with reference to con struction and convenience, and ornament with reference to architectural propriety. Construction must be subdivided and treated under three dis tinct heads, — stone, timber, and metal; brick might indeed be added but as the principles of its construction are similar to those of stone, I shall not make any distinction; and as for plaster, when used for any other purpose than coating walls, it is a mere modern deception, and the trade is not worthy of a distinction....

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Book Description

Among the most influential figures of the Gothic Revival in nineteenth-century Britain, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52) distinguished himself as an architect, author and interior designer. His well-illustrated 1841 publication on ecclesiastical design is reissued here with his Apology for the Revival of Christian Architecture in England (1843).

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0265588685
• ISBN 13: 9780265588680
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 156