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John Summerson (1904–1992)

Auteur van The Classical Language of Architecture

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Bevat de naam: Sir John Newenham Summerson

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Werken van John Summerson

The Classical Language of Architecture (1966) 557 exemplaren
Georgian London (1945) 248 exemplaren
Architecture in Britain: 1530-1830 (1953) 217 exemplaren
A New Description of Sir John Soane's Museum (1972) 153 exemplaren
The Architecture of the Eighteenth Century (1986) 129 exemplaren
Inigo Jones (1672) 110 exemplaren
Heavenly Mansions (1949) 82 exemplaren
Ben Nicholson (1948) 33 exemplaren
Victorian architecture; four studies in evaluation (1970) 27 exemplaren
Unromantic Castle and Other Essays (1990) 21 exemplaren
The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood: A short account of its history and architecture (1970) 17 exemplaren
Concerning Architecture-Essays on Architectural Writers and Writing Presented to Nikolaus Pevsner (1968) 15 exemplaren
Eugene Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, 1814-1879 (Architectural design profile) (1980) 13 exemplaren
The London Building World of the Eighteen-sixties (W.Neurath Memorial Lecture) (1973) 13 exemplaren
The Architecture of Victorian London (1976) 11 exemplaren
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Architectural Monographs : John Soane (1983) — Medewerker — 54 exemplaren
John Nash : a complete catalogue (1991) — Introductie — 38 exemplaren
New Classicism (1990) — Medewerker — 30 exemplaren
Victorian Suburb: Study of the Growth of Camberwell (1961) — Voorwoord — 17 exemplaren
The National Trust: A Record of Fifty Years' Achievement (1945) — Medewerker — 13 exemplaren
Art Collections of Great Britain and Ireland (1986) — Introductie — 9 exemplaren
The bombed buildings of Britain;: A record of architectural casualties: 1940-41 (1942) 5 exemplaren
The West in English History (1949) — Medewerker — 3 exemplaren
Image, no. 1, Summer 1949 (1949) — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar

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Amarillo74 | 3 andere besprekingen | Oct 17, 2022 |
Heavenly Mansion: and other Essays on Architecture door J Summerson
The great essays are great even if over a half century old. The reason for the rating is the not so great essays. Good try in finding something special in Gandy but ultimately not convincing. The Butterfield essay didn't seem thought through enough, downplays Pugin and doesn't really address the influence of the Camden Society in relationship to architectural thought. But, it could be a good essay if expanded . The main essay Heavenly Mansions on Gothic was cute and needed to be more developed on the house/temple idea. There is allot there. He really down plays Suger's thoughts and how it changed architecture. But that would be contrary to his thesis. It is amazing reading the Modern and preservation essays on how much he was a thought leader. He is still a classicist at heart. And his elitism does come through. Just read the Past in the Future to really feel that aspect.… (meer)
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AaltoSax | Oct 6, 2022 |
Georgian London (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in… door John Summerson
A great history of the architecture of Georgian London which also tells of its fate since 1830.
 
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drsabs | 2 andere besprekingen | Feb 9, 2015 |
A new Description of Sir John Soane's Museum door Peter Thornton
What every serious museum guide should have: no pictures! Well it has a few, but only black and white, you must go there!
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