Summerson: Georgian London - Hardcover

Summerson, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262191733 ISBN 13: 9780262191739

Publisher: MIT Press, 1978

Synopsis

In this new edition, Sir John Summerson has completely overhauled and substantially revised his text. It tells the story of Georgian architecture as it really was, a product of ambition, industry and sometimes genius. Statesmen, connoisseurs, merchants, visionaries, architects and jerry-builders are among the many characters who people this history of London at the height of its glory. The author also wrote "John Nash", "Heavenly Mansions", "Architecture in Britain, 1530-1830" and edited "Book of John Thorpe" and "Classical Language in Architecture".

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About the Author:

Sir John Summerson (1904-1992) was the curator of Sir John Soane's Museum in London for almost forty years, simultaneously teaching the history of architecture at the Architectural Association in London and at Birkbeck College, University of London. His many books include Architecture in Britain 1530-1830 for the Pelican History of Art series and The Classical Language of Architecture. Sir Howard Colvin is Emeritus Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford University. His previous books include Essays in English Architectural History, A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840, Unbuilt Oxford, and Architecture and the After-Life, all published by Yale University Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0262191733
• ISBN 13: 9780262191739
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 348