Main entry:

Stevenson, Christine.

Title & Author:

The City and the King : Architecture and Politics in Restoration London / Christine Stevenson.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.

Description:

vii, 399 pages ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Architecture's meanings in seventeenth-century London -- The civic arena before the Restoration -- The triumphs and entertainments of 1660 and early 1661 -- April 1661: the coronation entry -- Configuring new London before and after September 1666 -- Conformity of building, and of heart -- Talking horses and civic gold: the mid-1670s -- Madness and memory -- Places of public prayer -- Prospects: looking at London, 1679-83.

Summary:

The City of London is a jurisdiction whose relationship with the English monarchy has sometimes been turbulent. This fascinating book explores how architecture was used to renew and redefine a relationship essential to both parties in the wake of two momentous events: the restoration of the monarchy, in 1660, and the Great Fire six years later. Spotlighting little-known projects alongside such landmarks as Christopher Wren's St. Paul's Cathedral, it explores how they were made to bear meaning. It draws on a range of evidence wide enough to match architecture's resonances for its protagonists: paintings, prints, and poetry, sermons and civic ceremony mediated and politicized buildings and built space, as did direct and sometimes violent action. The City and the King offers a nuanced understanding of architecture's place in early modern English culture. It casts new light not only on the reign of Charles II, but on the universal mechanisms of construction, decoration, and destruction through which we give our monuments significance.

ISBN:

9780300190229 (cl ; alk. paper)
0300190220 (cl ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Architecture Political aspects England London History 17th century.
Architecture and society England London History 17th century.
Architecture and state England London History 17th century.
Architecture et société Angleterre Londres Histoire 17e siècle.
Architecture Politique gouvernementale Angleterre Londres Histoire 17e siècle.
Architecture and society.
Architecture and state.
Architecture Political aspects.
Buildings.
Architektur
Repräsentation
Arkitektur historia.
Arkitektur politiska aspekter.
Arkitektur och samhälle historia.
Architecture and Planning.
London (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
England London.
London
Storbritannien London.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 284241
Call No.: BIB 222946
Status: Available