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The Classical Buildings of Bath

door Mike Jenner

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Architect Mike Jenner describes Bath's more notable classical buildings, explains the rules to which they were expected to conform, and tells how a few geniuses broke them to move European architecture and urban planning triumphantly forward. The book ranges from the Roman era through eighteenth-century showpieces such as John Wood's Circus and Royal Crescent to the controversial late twentieth-century Cavendish Lodge. The author shows how the problem of designing buildings which fit harmoniously into their context is not new, and gives examples of eighteenth-century classical buildings in Bath which caused serious visual damage to the earlier ones around them. He explains how this reflected the see-saw of fashion, with the work of every generation despised and rejected by the next, and then brought back into esteem by a later one. The Classical Buildings of Bath demonstrates the pleasure to be obtained from looking at classical buildings with proper understanding and the benefit of Stephen Morris' superlative photographs.… (meer)

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There are zillions of books about Bath and quite a number specifically about its architecture, so if you're going to add another to their number, you really need a reason why. Jenner's approach with this book is to focus on Classical buildings - those that use designs based on models or "rules" ultimately deriving from Greek or Latin antiquity. (In Bath mostly the latter.) In doing so, Jenner both misses out a lot and includes some absolute gems that have been neglected heretofore. Removing the burden to try to cover everything allows a detailed and comprehensive discussion of what is included under the "Classical" label.

The discussion is forthright; Jenner states his opinions, positive, negative or mixed, robustly and is not afraid to disagree with previous critics. It's also clear when things are a matter of taste and things are a question of facts - and in the latter case a fair assessment of the evidence is presented. The photos are excellent, including some rarely seen and closed to th epublic views that are particularly welcome. There are few interiors, mainly of public buildings - apparently private owners are reluctant to give permission for fear of become burglary targets.

Over-all this is an excellent addition to the literature on Bath architecture. My only criticism is that the glossary of architectural terms should have been more thoroughly compiled - it would probably add only 1-2p to the length of the book to do so. (

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Architect Mike Jenner describes Bath's more notable classical buildings, explains the rules to which they were expected to conform, and tells how a few geniuses broke them to move European architecture and urban planning triumphantly forward. The book ranges from the Roman era through eighteenth-century showpieces such as John Wood's Circus and Royal Crescent to the controversial late twentieth-century Cavendish Lodge. The author shows how the problem of designing buildings which fit harmoniously into their context is not new, and gives examples of eighteenth-century classical buildings in Bath which caused serious visual damage to the earlier ones around them. He explains how this reflected the see-saw of fashion, with the work of every generation despised and rejected by the next, and then brought back into esteem by a later one. The Classical Buildings of Bath demonstrates the pleasure to be obtained from looking at classical buildings with proper understanding and the benefit of Stephen Morris' superlative photographs.

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