Robert Smythson and the Elizabethan Country House

by Mark Girouard

Book Overview

This book by Girouard begins with the general history of Elizabethan and Jacobean architecture and the ideas behind it. Girouard then describes the buildings that can be connected with Robert Smythson and his architect son and grandson, discussing their design and decoration, as well as the personalities who commissioned them.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300031343
• ISBN13: 9780300031348
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.1" x 10.5"