Architecture in Britain, 1530-1830
Recommended by Harry Mount, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #80 in Architecture History
In this book Sir John Summerson charts the development of architectural theory and practice from Elizabeth I to George IV. Questions of style, technology, and the social framework of architecture are resolved as separable but always essential components of the building world. Men of genius and buildings of fame emerge: Inigo Jones, Wren, Vanbrugh, Adam, Soane; Hampton Court, St Paul's Cathedral, London squares and the terraces and crescents of Bath. Appendices deal with Scottish architecture before the union and buildings in the thirteen colonies of America. The book is a companion to Ellis... more
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Harry Mount It’s quite a dryish academic book but it puts things together beautifully. (Source)
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