Main entry:

Davey, Peter, 1940-

Title & Author:

Architecture of the arts and crafts movement / Peter Davey.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 1980.

Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-218) and index.
1. Once upon a time -- 2. Gathering grounds -- 3. The prophet -- 4. Lamplighters -- 5. The guilds are forged -- 6. The guide -- 7. The explorer -- 8. The pathfinder -- 9. Into the country -- 10. The lost city -- 11. The attempt on the summit -- 12. The descent -- 13. Quietly home -- 14. Transatlantic excursion -- 15. Crossing the channel -- 16. Postscript: Looking back.
Also issued online.

Summary:

This book gives an account of the lives, theories and work of the architects of the movement which began in England and quickly influenced Europe and America. It highlights the contradictions they tried to resolve in accommodating or rejecting the developments of the new machine age, and in meeting the cost of materials and craftsmanship which for them to work mainly for a wealthy elite class.

ISBN:

0847803538
9780847803538

Subject:

Gothic revival (Architecture) Great Britain.
Gothic revival (Architecture)
Arts and crafts movement.
Gothic revival (Architecture) Influence.
Arts and crafts movement Influence.
Néo-gothique (Architecture) Grande-Bretagne.
Néo-gothique (Architecture) Influence.
Néo-gothique (Architecture)
Arts and Crafts (movement)
Great Britain

Form/genre:

Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 134035
Call No.: PO3335; ID:85-B24163
Status: Available