Victorian taste : some social aspects of architecture and industrial design from 1820-1900 / by John Gloag
1979, Second Edition. Newton Abbot : David and Charles. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #330243
ISBN: 0715357395
Physical description; xvi, 175, [25] pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm. Notes; Originally published, London: A. and C. Black, 1962. Includes index. Contents; The character of Victorian taste -- The new patronage and the discarded heritage -- Romantic gothic -- Christian gothic -- Loudon and Downing -- Ruskin and Morris -- The classic tradition and the unrecognised style -- Ornament and design. Subjects; Morris, William (1834-1896). Ruskin, John (1819-1900). Gloag, John. Architecture, Victorian Great Britain. Decoration and ornament Great Britain. Industrial design Great Britain. Architecture Great Britain. Design industriel. Design, Industrial Great Britain. Design, Decorative Great Britain. Architecture. Architecture, Victorian. Decoration and ornament. Industrial design. Architecture, Victorian Great Britain. Design, Decorative Great Britain. Architecture Great Britain. Decoration and ornament Great Britain. Design, industrial. Industrial design Great Britain 19th century Social aspects. Architecture, Victorian Great Britain Social aspects. Aesthetics, British 19th century. Industrial design Great Britain ; Juvenile literature. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated.
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