Enriching Architecture: Craft and Its Conservation in Anglo-irish Building Production, 1660-1760 - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1800083556 ISBN 13: 9781800083554

Casa editrice: Ucl Pr Ltd, 2023

Riassunto

An argument for taking the craft work of surface enrichment of buildings more seriously in architectural history.
 
Architectural history has tended to marginalize the many types of refinement and enrichment of surfaces in stone, wood, and plaster that were fundamental aspects of early modern architecture. Enriching Architecture aims to retrieve and rehabilitate surface achievement as a vital element of early modern buildings in Britain and Ireland, arguing for the historical legitimacy of creative craft skill as a primary agent in architectural production. The contributors draw upon the major rethinking of craft and materials within the wider cultural sphere in recent years to deconstruct traditional, oppositional ways of thinking about architectural production. The book explores broad themes of surface treatment such as wainscot, rustication, plasterwork, and staircase embellishment, along with chapters focused on virtuoso buildings and set pieces that illuminate these themes.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Christine Casey is professor of architectural history and a fellow of Trinity College Dublin. Melanie Hayes is a post-doctoral research fellow of the Irish Research Council CRAFTVALUE project at Trinity College Dublin.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Ucl Pr Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1800083556
• ISBN 13: 9781800083554
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 396
• Redattore: Casey Christine, Hayes Melanie
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