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

Refinement and enrichment of surfaces in stone, wood and plaster is a 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 Bri...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Casey, Christine, 1960- editor (editor), Hayes, Melanie (Architectural historian), editor, Adamson, Glenn, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : UCL Press 2023.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009746245006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.