The Battle of the Styles

The Battle of the Styles
Author :
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 266
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781441168726
ISBN-13 : 1441168729
Rating : 4/5 (729 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Battle of the Styles by : Bernard Porter

Download or read book The Battle of the Styles written by Bernard Porter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title explores the controversy surrounding the design of the new Foreign Office in London during Britain's Imperial heyday. In 1855 it was decided to build a new block of government offices in London, starting with the Foreign and War Offices. The government offices competition came at what was probably - looking back on it - the zenith of Britain's confidence as a nation and international power. One would expect the mid-Victorians to have felt, firstly, pride in their current national situation; and secondly, the urge to commemorate this in the most important national building to be projected in twenty years. Porter uses the debates surrounding the building of these important new monuments to interrogate the very fabric of British society, culture and nation building. The discussion on so many issues - religion, nationality, empire, history, modernism, truth, morality, gender - quite apart from considerations of 'pure' aesthetics, offers an unusual, perhaps even unique, insight into the relationship between these matters and the 'culture' of the time.


The Battle of the Styles Related Books

The Battle of the Styles
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: Bernard Porter
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-17 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This title explores the controversy surrounding the design of the new Foreign Office in London during Britain's Imperial heyday. In 1855 it was decided to build
The Battle of the Styles
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: Bernard Porter
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-17 - Publisher: A&C Black

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This title explores the controversy surrounding the design of the new Foreign Office in London during Britain's Imperial heyday. In 1855 it was decided to build
The International Style
Language: en
Pages: 280
Authors: Henry Russell Hitchcock
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The most influential work of architectural criticism and history of the twentieth century, now available in a handsomely designed new edition.
History of the Modern Styles of Architecture
Language: en
Pages: 364
Authors: James Fergusson
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 1891 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Architects and Their Environment, 1850-1907
Language: en
Pages: 128
Authors: George Champlin Mason
Categories: Architects
Type: BOOK - Published: 1907 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK