Main entry:

Walker, Allen S., 1871-

Title & Author:

The romance of building, by Allen S. Walker.

Edition:

2d ed.

Publication:

[London] G. Philip & Son Ltd. [1932]

Description:

viii, 248 pages illustrations, 16 plates on 8 leaves 18 cm

Series:

Philips' new era library ; no. 6

Notes:
"First edition September, 1921."
"Books to read and consult": pages 247-248
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-248).
The dawn of architecture -- What the Greeks built to celebrate victory -- The beauty of the Greek work -- What the Romans gave to the world -- What the Saxons built in England -- How the Normans changed the look of England -- How the Normans altered Roman designs at their pleasure -- The trouble about the roof -- The passing of Norman into Gothic -- The glorious thirteenth century -- Early English Gothic -- thirteenth century -- Thirteenth-century carvings -- serious and humorous -- Decorated Gothic -- fourteenth century -- How beauty departed from truth -- Perpendicular Gothic -- fifteenth century and onwards -- The pride that came before the fall -- How the Roman style came back to England -- How the Reformation affected architecture -- Renaissance works which Shakespeare saw -- The great idea of Inigo Jones -- How Wren rebuilt London after the Great Fire -- Wren's masterpiece -- St. Paul's Cathedral -- Wren's palaces and private houses -- The four Georges and William IV -- The revival of Gothic.

Subject:

Architecture History.
Architecture Histoire.
Architecture

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Philips' new era library ; no. 6.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 44772
Call No.: W3810; ID:89-B4218
Status: Available