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Architecture without Kings Tim Mowl

Architecture without Kings By Tim Mowl

Architecture without Kings by Tim Mowl


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Summary

Key to the puritan minimalist classicism of 17th-century English architecture was the work of Inigo Jones. This work reassesses both Jones and his apprentice, John Webb. It places the work of Roger Pratt above that of Isaac de Cans, arguing that he must be considered the true disciple of Jones.

Architecture without Kings Summary

Architecture without Kings: Rise of Puritan Classicism Under Cromwell by Tim Mowl

This illustrated book provides a complete assessment of the architecture of Cromwell's England. Key to the puritan minimalist classicism of the time was the work of Inigo Jones, and this book provides a controversial reassessment not only of Jones himself but of his apprentice, John Webb. It also places the work of Roger Pratt above that of Isaac de Cans and argues that he must be considered the true disciple of Inigo Jones. The individual buildings discussed include: Cromwell House, Highgate Hill; The Piazza, Covent Garden; The Queen's House, Greenwich; and the Pepsyian Library, Magdalen College, Cambridge.

Table of Contents

Introduction: the legacy of the interregnum - dull poetry and cut-price architecture; an architect and his clerks - Wilton restored to its designer; Coleshill - the house beyond imitation; puritan minimalism and the Restoration anticipated; the sources of moderation; John Webb - the sorcerer's apprentice; house styles of the Commonwealth elite; classic momentum in Cromwell's London; a central uncertainty - the Home Counties in the interregnum; stylistic alternatives in East Anglia; Cavendish Mannerism in the North; idealism and innovation in the West; Oxford and Cambridge - academic divergence; houses of God in the puritan years; the gardens of our lost felicitie.

Additional information

GOR006156522
9780719046797
0719046793
Architecture without Kings: Rise of Puritan Classicism Under Cromwell by Tim Mowl
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Manchester University Press
19951019
256
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