Architectural Britain: From 1066 to the Present Day - Softcover

Pragnell, Hubert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905400497 ISBN 13: 9781905400492

Publisher: National Trust, 2007

Synopsis

Designed to encourage readers to explore, this fascinating primer provides the context needed to understand the place of a building in architectural history, with the author's own drawings and atmospheric photographs from the National Trust illustrating important examples. Both a guide and a compact history in very accessible language, this book will enable anyone interested in Britain's built heritage to see it with new and more knowledgeable eyes. The book covers the following styles: Norman Style, Transition to Gothic, Gothic Cathedral, Medieval Parish Church, Castle and Medieval Manor House, The Medieval House, Tudor Architecture, The Jacobean House, Inigo Jones, 17th-century Mannerism, Sir Christopher Wren, Baroque Style, Palladian Movement, Advent of Town Planning, New Styles and New Materials, Gothic Survival and Revival, Victorian Gothic, from the Forth Bridge to the Millennium Dome, and the early 21st century.

 

About this title

About the Author:

Hubert Pragnell is a tutor in History of Art for the University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education.

Review:

"This pocket-sized volume is the primer you have been waiting for...above all, this little book is for the beginner to take to the streets. Armed with its basics, they may find enough architectural pleasure to last a lifetime." - Financial Times

About this edition

• Publisher: National Trust
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1905400497
• ISBN 13: 9781905400492
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320