Hunneyball, Paul M.

Architecture and image-building in seventeenth-century Hertfordshire / Paul M. Hunneyball.

Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, ©2004.

xi, 218 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Oxford historical monographs

"The seventeenth century witnessed a radical and far-reaching transformation in English architecture, as new and purer forms of classical design became firmly established, sweeping away earlier fashions. How this dramatic change came about at local level has never been fully understood. Using Hertfordshire as a case-study, this interdisciplinary book reconstructs the complete built landscape - not just houses but churches, monuments, and almshouses - to reveal a competitive and visually sensitive environment in which people at all social levels exploited architectural display to enhance their personal image. New fashions were an important weapon in this struggle. Because only the county elite possessed the necessary contacts and resources to obtain the latest classical designs, such patterns became badges of status, symbols not just of cultural aspirations but of social ambition. Paul Hunneyball demonstrates that classical architecture caught on at local level less because it was aesthetically superior than because its advocates were socially superior."--BOOK JACKET.

0199263868 (alk. paper)
9780199263868 (alk. paper)

Architecture England Hertfordshire History.
Classicism in architecture England Hertfordshire.
Architecture and society England Hertfordshire History 17th century.
Architecture Angleterre Hertfordshire Histoire.
Classicisme en architecture Angleterre Hertfordshire.
Architecture et société Angleterre Hertfordshire Histoire 17e siècle.
Architecture.
Architecture and society.
Classicism in architecture.
Architektur
Kulturwandel
Sozialstatus
Geschichte 1600-1700.
Architecture England Hertfordshire 17th century.
Hertfordshire Architektur Geschichte 1600-1700.
England Hertfordshire.
Hertfordshire

Geschichte 1600-1700.
History.

Oxford historical monographs.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 231236
Cote: NA969.H6 H8 2004
Statut: Disponible