The Terracotta Designs of Alfred Waterhouse
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The Terracotta Designs of Alfred Waterhouse by Colin Cunningham
This work explains the development of Waterhouse's work and the events which led to the designs for the Natural History Museum. The book also contains the incredible pencil drawings of flora and fauna, housed in the Museum itself, from which the carvings were executed.
COLIN CUNNINGHAM is known to many as the presenter of numerous Open University television programmes on Architectural History. He has written extensively on Victorian architecture, most recently contributing to The Albert Memorial (ed. Chris Brooks, Yale University Press, 2000), and co--authored the award--winning Alfred Waterhouse 1830 -- 1905:Biography of a Practice (Oxford University Press, 1992). He is former Chairman of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, and recently retired from the post of Reader in Architectural History at the Open University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780471489498 |
| ISBN 10 | 0471489492 |
| Title | The Terracotta Designs of Alfred Waterhouse |
| Author | Colin Cunningham |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2000-12-08 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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