The Shaping of London: A Political and Economic Perspective 1066-1870

ISBN-13: 9780367146412 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 514 str.

Paul Balchin

Opis

Originally published in 2014, The Shaping of London traces the evolution of architectural style in London within the context of politics and economics, it looks at architecture from a broad period, from Romanesque to Tudor as well as Jacobean and Victorian buildings. L

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List of Maps  Preface  1. Introduction  2. The Foundations of Medieval London: From Norman to Plantagenet and Beyond; From Romanesque to Gothic  3. Early-Tudor London: From Royal Neglect to a Capital Fit for a King  4. Elizabethan London: The Merchant Developers Take Over  5. Early-Stuart London: Inigo Jones and the Emergence of the Renaissance  6. Later-Stuart London: Wren and the Rebuilding of the Capital  7. London During the Early-Hanoverians; The Ascendance of the Palladian and Neo-Classical Styles  8. Late-Georgian London: From the Elegance of Robert Adam to the Exuberance of Regency  9. Early and Middle-Victorian London: The Formation of a Megalopolis and the Agglomeration of Styles  Index

O autorze

Paul Balchin