Main entry:

Colvin, Howard, 1919-2007.

Title & Author:

Essays in English architectural history / Howard Colvin.

Publication:

New Haven, Ct. : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, 1999.

Description:

viii, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 303) and index.
Royal gardens in medieval England -- Was there a 'court style' in medieval English architecture? -- Church building in Devon in the sixteenth century -- Recycling the monasteries: demolition and reuse by the Tudor government, 1536-47 -- Pompous entries and English architecture -- Herms, terms and Caryatids in English architecture -- The south front of Wilton House -- Thorpe Hall and its architect -- Chesterton House, Warwickshire -- Robert Hooke and Ramsbury Manor -- The rebuilding of the Church of St Mary Aldermary after the great fire of London -- John Aubrey's Chronologia architectonica -- Gothic survival and Gothic revival -- The grand bridge in Blenheim Park (with Alistair Rowan) -- Lord Burlington and the office of works -- Architect and client in Georgian England -- Lease or demolish? The problem of the redundant country house in Georgian England -- Writing A biographical dictionary of British architects -- The author's principal writings on architectural history.

Summary:

"Widely acknowledged as Britain's leading architectural historian, Sir Howard Colvin has been responsible for fundamental research that has helped to bring about a renaissance in English architectural history in the second half of the twentieth century. In this volume, Colvin gathers eighteen new and revised essays written throughout his distinguished career."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0300070349 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780300070347 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture Great Britain.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture.
Bouwkunst.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 207221
Call No.: NA961 .C6 1999
Status: Available