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

Hanson, Brian

ISBN 10: 0521811864 / ISBN 13: 9780521811866

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Architects and the *Building World* from Chambers to Ruskin: Constructing Authority
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521811864
• ISBN 13: 9780521811866
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Brian Hanson examines how the authority of architects was created within the changing working practices of eighteenth and nineteenth century British architecture. Incorporating new methods, he compares diverse figures, such as Chambers, Soane, Barry, Pugin, Scott, and Street, and provides a new context for Ruskin's arguments about "The Nature of Gothic." He demonstrates how Ruskin is closer to the classical tradition represented by Chambers than the Arts and Crafts Movement of Webb and Morris, which he supposedly inspired.

Book Description

This study looks beyond issues of style to examine how the authority of architects was created within the changing working practices of eighteenth and nineteenth century British architecture. Incorporating new methods, especially those developed for the social content of poetry and landscape painting, Brian Hanson draws comparisons between diverse figures, such as Chambers, Soane, Barry, Pugin, Scott, and Street, and provides a new context for Ruskin's arguments about "The Nature of Gothic." Hanson concludes by demonstrating how Ruskin is closer to the classical tradition represented by Chambers than the Arts and Crafts Movement of Web and Morris, which he supposedly inspired.