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Languages : en
Pages : 252
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Examples of the architecture of the Victorian age, and monthly review of the world's architectural progress
Author: Examples of the Architecture of the Victorian Age, and Monthly Review of the World's Architectural Progress
Author: AnonymousPublisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230150208
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Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ... any desire on the part of the great Piotector to deprive him of his liberty. It was this faithful Churchman who composed the form of prayer used on the 29th of May, in commemoration of the happy restoration of royalty to these realms. He is also remembered as having built the chapel of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, of which his nephew, Christopher, was the architect. Young Wren, the future architect of St. Paul's, was a delicate infant; his first education was therefore conducted at home. He was afterwards sent to Westminster School, then presided over by the celebrated Dr. Busby. From Westminster school he went to Wadham College, Oxford. This was in his fourteenth year; but long before he arrived at this age the extraordinary intellectual powers of Wren were the subject of remark and astonishment to all his acquaintances; in fact, the future architect of St. Paul's was a perfect prodigy of precocious mental ability. When little more than a mere child, Aubrey, the Wiltshire antiquary, described him as a "youth of prodigious inventive wit." When no more than thirteen years of age he invented an astronomical instrument, a pneumatic engine, and another very ingenious instrument for use in practical gnomics. At fourteen he was presented to the Elector Palatine, who then paid a visit to Oxford, as "a prodigy of science." These rich promises of Wren's boyhood were amply fulfilled by the performances of his manhood. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to assert that Sir Christopher Wren was one of the greatest geniuses, as a mathematician and mechanician, that ever lived. This is a bold statement, but one which is abundantly warranted by the facts of the case. The bare mention of a few of his mechanical and scientific inventions, when...
Royal Institute of British Architects, Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Author: Royal Institute of British ArchitectsPublisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 842
Book Description
Catalogue of the Books in the Reference Department
Author: Blackburn (England). Public Library, Museum and Art GalleryPublisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
The Battle of the Styles
Author: Bernard PorterPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441174737
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This title explores the controversy surrounding the design of the new Foreign Office in London during Britain's Imperial heyday. In 1855 it was decided to build a new block of government offices in London, starting with the Foreign and War Offices. The government offices competition came at what was probably - looking back on it - the zenith of Britain's confidence as a nation and international power. One would expect the mid-Victorians to have felt, firstly, pride in their current national situation; and secondly, the urge to commemorate this in the most important national building to be projected in twenty years. Porter uses the debates surrounding the building of these important new monuments to interrogate the very fabric of British society, culture and nation building. The discussion on so many issues - religion, nationality, empire, history, modernism, truth, morality, gender - quite apart from considerations of 'pure' aesthetics, offers an unusual, perhaps even unique, insight into the relationship between these matters and the 'culture' of the time.
Publishers' circular and booksellers' record
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 838
Book Description
The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
The Publishers' Circular
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
The Bookseller
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
