John Soane : architect : master of space and light / edited by Margaret Richardson and MaryAnne Stevens
1999, First Edition. London : Royal Academy of Arts. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #240175
ISBN: 0900946806
Physical description; 302 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), plans ; 31 cm. Notes; First published on the occasion of the exhibition ... Royal Academy of Arts, London, 11 September - 3 December 1999. Includes bibliographical references. Summary; Covering all of John Soane's major commissions, the essays in this book demonstrate the two dominant qualities that run through Soane's work: his distinctive handling of space (primarily his interiors); and the evolution of his abstracted linear style. His life and public role is also considered. Subjects; Soane, John 1753-1837 — Exhibitions. Soane, John Sir 1753-1837 — Exhibitions. Neoclassicism (Architecture) — England — Exhibitions. Neoclassicism (Architecture) — Great Britain — Exhibitions. Architecture — England — History — 19th century. Architecture — England — History — 18th century. Architects — Great Britain. Architecture, English — Exhibitions. Individual architects. c 1700 to c 1800 ; c 1800 to c 1900. ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General. ARCHITECTURE / History / General.
Price: €48.00