Product details

Art.No:

74519

Author / Artist:

Soane, John - Dorothy Stroud

Title:

Subtitles / Reproduction:

Keyword:

Architektur - ArchitektInnen

Binding / Picture Size:

OHLwd.

Publisher:

Studio

Place of publishing:

London

Year of publication:

1961

Book Details / Size:

4°, 168 S., 223 Abb. a. Taf.

Condition:

Rücken etw. ausgeblichen, Deckel min. lichtrandig, min. gebrauchsspurig.

Description:

EA. Mit einer Einleitung von Henry-Russell Hitchcock. Exemplar des Schweizer Architektur- und Kunsthistorikers Georg Germann (1935 - 2016). - «Sir John Soane RA (1753 – 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. The son of a bricklayer, he rose to the top of his profession, becoming professor of architecture at the Royal Academy and an official architect to the Office of Works. He received a knighthood in 1831. His best-known work was the Bank of England (his work there is largely destroyed), a building which had a widespread effect on commercial architecture. He also designed Dulwich Picture Gallery, which, with its top-lit galleries, was a major influence on the planning of subsequent art galleries and museums. His main legacy is an eponymous museum in Lincoln's Inn Fields, which comprises his former home and office, designed to display the art works and architectural artefacts that he collected during his lifetime. The museum is described in the Oxford Dictionary of Architecture as "one of the most complex, intricate, and ingenious series of interiors ever conceived".»