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John Nash : architect of the picturesque / edited by Geoffrey Tyack.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Swindon : English Heritage, 2013.Description: xviii, 198 pages : illustrations (black and white, sepia and colour) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781848021020:
  • 184802102X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.92
Contents:
Introduction: from Lambeth Marsh to Buckingham Palace / Geoffrey Tyack -- John Nash before fame and fortune / Richard Suggett -- Rebuilding a career: John Nash in Herefordshire 1790-1800 / David Whitehead -- Domestic Gothic / Geoffrey Tyack -- Nash and the villa rustica / Rosemary Yallop -- John Nash and the genesis of Regent's Park / J Mordaunt Crook -- Reshaping the West End / Geoffrey Tyack -- John Nash and the Royal Palaces / M H Port -- Pioneering yet peculiar: John Nash's contributions to late Georgian building technology / Jonathan Clarke -- Nash in context: links with Schinkel, Percier and Fontaine, Soane, and Cockerell / David Watkin.
Summary: Responsible for the creation of Regent Street, Regent's Park, the Brighton Pavilion and Buckingham Palace, John Nash is recognised as one of the most important architects of the late 18th and early 19th century Britain. This book brings together recent scholarship, and introduces this architect to a new generation.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 720.92 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 27/08/2020 80674

CW098

CW067

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: from Lambeth Marsh to Buckingham Palace / Geoffrey Tyack -- John Nash before fame and fortune / Richard Suggett -- Rebuilding a career: John Nash in Herefordshire 1790-1800 / David Whitehead -- Domestic Gothic / Geoffrey Tyack -- Nash and the villa rustica / Rosemary Yallop -- John Nash and the genesis of Regent's Park / J Mordaunt Crook -- Reshaping the West End / Geoffrey Tyack -- John Nash and the Royal Palaces / M H Port -- Pioneering yet peculiar: John Nash's contributions to late Georgian building technology / Jonathan Clarke -- Nash in context: links with Schinkel, Percier and Fontaine, Soane, and Cockerell / David Watkin.

Responsible for the creation of Regent Street, Regent's Park, the Brighton Pavilion and Buckingham Palace, John Nash is recognised as one of the most important architects of the late 18th and early 19th century Britain. This book brings together recent scholarship, and introduces this architect to a new generation.

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