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Architecture and Artifice: The Crafted Surface in Eighteenth-century Building Practice - Hardcover

Casey, Christine

 
9781913107482: Architecture and Artifice: The Crafted Surface in Eighteenth-century Building Practice
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1913107485 ISBN 13: 9781913107482
Verlag: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Revealing the materials and craftsmanship that shaped the look of eighteenth-century architecture in Britain and Ireland
 
This book uncovers the overlooked material practices that were crucial to architectural production in the eighteenth century. Centred on the architecture of England and Ireland, it examines the facing materials that define the distinctive character of cities and regions.
 
Focusing on the final stages of construction—the external façade and interior finishes in stone, plaster, and wood—Architecture and Artifice combines archival research with insights from architectural conservation to reveal the hidden techniques behind these structures. It explores the lives of craftsmen, uncovering the unwritten standards that guided their work and argues for the agency of materials and craft in shaping the meanings of eighteenth-century buildings.
 
Featuring a cast of lesser-known craftsmen alongside new perspectives on iconic structures such as Chatsworth, the Cambridge Senate House, and Dublin’s Parliament House, the book introduces a wealth of previously unpublished archival material uncovering the intricate processes and people behind the era’s most enduring buildings.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Christine Casey is a professor of architectural history and fellow at Trinity College Dublin. She is a member of the Royal Irish Academy and an honorary member of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.

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Verlag
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1913107485
ISBN 13 
9781913107482
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
208
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