Architects and the 'Building World' from Chambers to Ruskin

by Brian Hanson

Book Overview

Brian Hanson examines how the authority of architects was created within the changing working practices of eighteenth and nineteenth century British architecture. Incorporating new methods, he compares diverse figures, such as Chambers, Soane, Barry, Pugin, Scott, and Street, and provides a new context for Ruskin's arguments about The Nature of Gothic. He demonstrates how Ruskin is closer to the classical tradition represented by Chambers than the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521811864
• ISBN13: 9780521811866
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"