Oxford

Rice, Matthew

ISBN 10: 0711295719 / ISBN 13: 9780711295711

Editore: Frances Lincoln, 2024

Hardcover. Publisher overstock, may contain remainder mark on edge. Codice articolo 9780711295711B

Riassunto:

Discover Oxford, one of the jewels of European architecture. Much loved and much visited, the city offers an unparalleled collection of the best of English building through the centuries.

Matthew Rice's Oxford is a feast of delightful watercolour illustrations and an informed and witty text, explaining how the city came into being and what to look out for today.

While the focus is on architectural detail, Rice describes how the city has been shaped by its history, topography and geology, but most of all by generations of patrons who had the education and the resources to commission work from the greatest architects and builders of their day, an astonishing range of which still stands.

Ranging from the medieval to the contemporary, the book covers all the iconic buildings, such as the Radcliffe Camera, the Sheldonian Theatre and the college quads, as well as the distinctive details that you might otherwise miss.

More than anywhere else in England, it is possible in Oxford to take in the history of English architecture simply by walking today's streets, lanes, parks and meadows. This book is the perfect guide.

Informazioni sull'autore: Matthew Rice is a painter and designer who has written six books on architecture. He lives in a medieval house Oxfordshire and has four grown-up children.

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Oxford
Casa editrice: Frances Lincoln
Data di pubblicazione: 2024
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: New
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