Architecture without Kings
Rise of Puritan Classicism Under Cromwell
Published on 19. October 1995
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-7190-4678-0 (ISBN)
Description
This illustrated book provides a complete assessment of the architecture of Cromwell's England. Key to the puritan minimalist classicism of the time was the work of Inigo Jones, and this book provides a controversial reassessment not only of Jones himself but of his apprentice, John Webb. It also places the work of Roger Pratt above that of Isaac de Cans and argues that he must be considered the true disciple of Inigo Jones. The individual buildings discussed include: Cromwell House, Highgate Hill; The Piazza, Covent Garden; The Queen's House, Greenwich; and the Pepsyian Library, Magdalen College, Cambridge.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, 120 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 258 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-4678-0 (9780719046780)
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Content
Introduction: the legacy of the interregnum - dull poetry and cut-price architecture; an architect and his clerks - Wilton restored to its designer; Coleshill - the house beyond imitation; puritan minimalism and the Restoration anticipated; the sources of moderation; John Webb - the sorcerer's apprentice; house styles of the Commonwealth elite; classic momentum in Cromwell's London; a central uncertainty - the Home Counties in the interregnum; stylistic alternatives in East Anglia; Cavendish Mannerism in the North; idealism and innovation in the West; Oxford and Cambridge - academic divergence; houses of God in the puritan years; the gardens of our lost felicitie.