Comparing Bristol and Bath, Tim Mowl writes: ' ...as for Bath . . . . is a port that set out, a long while ago, to forget the sea. It has a harbor with miles of picturesque quaysides. Half the city's streets are flattered by glimpses of water. Yet Bristol lies comfortably inland, protected by wooded hills, sprawling in linear charm along five miles of dramatic valley topography.While neighboring Bath sets its classical terraces primly on a slope, Bristol's Clifton throws its adventurously styled terraces around the neck of ...
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Comparing Bristol and Bath, Tim Mowl writes: ' ...as for Bath . . . . is a port that set out, a long while ago, to forget the sea. It has a harbor with miles of picturesque quaysides. Half the city's streets are flattered by glimpses of water. Yet Bristol lies comfortably inland, protected by wooded hills, sprawling in linear charm along five miles of dramatic valley topography.While neighboring Bath sets its classical terraces primly on a slope, Bristol's Clifton throws its adventurously styled terraces around the neck of precipices and wild woodlands to achieve that ultimate paradox of classicism fusing into Romanticism. Add to that two cathedral-sized churches of outstanding beauty. While the vile profits of Bristol's infamous eighteenth-century slave trade resulted in enchantingly figurative Rococo interiors, a surge of nineteenth-century wealth endowed the city with a financial quarter of an eclectic brillianceThe second mystery might explain the first. For a thousand years Bristol has been badly governed. In every age, out of greed or plain stupidity, Bristolians have made the wrong decisions in developing their city, yet art and architecture have rioted in the resultant thousand errors. The aim of this book will be to illustrate those errors and attempt to account for the paradox.
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Add this copy of Bristol: City on the Edge to cart. $42.98, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Frances Lincoln Ltd.
