Enriching architecture Craft and its conservation in Anglo-Irish building production, 1660-1760

Refinement and enrichment of surfaces in stone, wood and plaster isa fundamental aspect of early modern architecture which has been marginalised by architectural history. Enriching Architecture aims to retrieve and rehabilitate surface achievement as a vital element of early modern buildings in Brit...

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Otros Autores: Casey, Christine, editor (editor), Hayes, Melanie, editor (writer of foreword), Adamson, Glenn, writer of foreword
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : UCL Press [2023]
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009710828306719
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  • Part 1, Loss and retrieval. 1 'Onslow Palace': new evidence of eighteenth-century craft technique at Clandon Park Sophie Chessum ; 2 Piercing the surface: virtuoso wooden staircases from Cassiobury Park and Eyrecourt Castle Mechthild Baumeister and Andrew Tierney ; 3 Fragments of eighteenth-century craftsmanship: the Pearson collection Peter Pearson ; 4 Experiments with historic light in Kensington Palace's early eighteenth-century interiors Lee Prosser ; 5 Retrieving craft practice on the early eighteenth-century building site Melanie Hayes ; 6 Conserving craft in eighteenth-century buildings: the role of the conservation architect Tony Barton ;Part 2, Design and making. 7 The geometry of rustication: an eighteenth-century case study Edward McParland ; 8 The rough and the smooth: stone use in Dublin 1720-60 Patrick Wyse Jackson and Louise Caulfield ; 9 Drawing out a surface in lime and hair Jenny Saunt ; 10 'Agreeable to live in': the wainscoted interior in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland Christine Casey ; 11 A glorious ascent: staircase design, construction and craft in the circle of Richard Castle Andrew Tierney.