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Author
Publisher
Metro
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
This is a comprehensive, chronological guide to the architecture of London, from pre-Roman remains to the 21st-century Baltic Exchange. There are detailed listings of key buildings typical of each period and separate chapters concerning buildings with a view, architecture as seen from a bus and architectural walks.
Author
Publisher
Laurence King
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Encompassing the socio-political, cultural background of the period, this title takes a look at the careers of the Old Masters and many lesser-known artists. The book covers artistic developments across six countries and examines in detail many of the artworks on display.
Author
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
From chimneys to gates, medieval cottages to Georgian crescents, this is a photographic introduction to five hundred years of British domestic architecture, showing how each detail has developed and changed under the influences of period, fashion and technological advance.
16) Indian art
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
This survey explores 5000 years of Indian art and architecture. The rich artistic tradition is explored through the colonial, Hindu, Buddhist, and contemporary periods, with discussions of modern Bangladeshi art, tribal artists, and the decorative arts.
17) Victorian London
Author
Publisher
New Holland
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
This is a guide to Victorian London and the evidence of it that remains in London's landscape and society today. Lee Jackson relates his detailed knowledge of many aspects of the social history of the period, from architecture to popular culture and from education to crime and punishment.
Author
Publisher
David & Charles
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Illustrated throughout, this comprehensive source book shows how decorative glass was used in architecture during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. It will prove invaluable to anyone seeking to restore period authenticity to their homes.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Isobel Armstrong's book tells the stories that spring from the mass-production of glass in 19th-century England. Moving across technology, industry, local history, architecture, literature, print culture, the visual arts, optics, and philosophy, it will transform our understanding of the Victorian period.
Author
Series
Illustrated monographs volume no. 12
Publisher
Printed for the Bibliographical Society at the Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1904
Language
English
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