While the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s resulted in the destruction of much of England's built fabric, it was also a time in which many new initiatives emerged. In the following century, former monasteries were eventually adapted to a variety of uses: royal palaces and country houses, town halls and schools, almshouses and re-fashioned parish churches. In this beautiful and elegantly argued book, Maurice Howard reveals that changes of style in architecture emerged from the practical needs of construction and ...
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While the dissolution of the monasteries in the 1530s resulted in the destruction of much of England's built fabric, it was also a time in which many new initiatives emerged. In the following century, former monasteries were eventually adapted to a variety of uses: royal palaces and country houses, town halls and schools, almshouses and re-fashioned parish churches. In this beautiful and elegantly argued book, Maurice Howard reveals that changes of style in architecture emerged from the practical needs of construction and the self-image of major patrons in the revolutionary century between Reformation and Civil War. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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Add this copy of The Building of Elizabethan and Jacobean England (Paul to cart. $87.03, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2008 by Yale University Press.
Add this copy of The Building of Elizabethan and Jacobean England to cart. $48.30, very good condition, Sold by Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Marietta, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art / Yale University Press.
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VG (Ex-art library, with spine label, i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages, otherwise crisp and clean. ) Blue cloth, black & color illus. dust jacket in mylar cover, 227 pp., color and BW illus. "In the 1530s the dissolution of the monasteries in England resulted in great destruction of the built fabric of the country but also the beginning of new initiatives. In the following century, former monasteries were adapted to a variety of uses in both public and private buildings: royal palaces and country houses, town halls and schools, almshouses and refashioned parish churches. England built no new towns but the urban environment changed rapidly to reflect the needs of both national and local government. Patrons spent sometimes wisely, sometimes extravagantly, in managing a balance between their own domestic projects and sponsoring civic buildings that promoted their charitable image in post-Reformation society. This transformation of the country's stock of buildings was accompanied by a new language both of word and vision....This book shows how changes of style in architecture emerged from the practical needs of building a new society through the image-making of public and private patrons in the revolutionary century between Reformation and Civil War." (dj).
Add this copy of The Building of Elizabethan and Jacobean England to cart. $52.00, like new condition, Sold by art longwood books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester, MA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Cloth, hardcover in dust jacket., no flaws or wear. clean, bright, unused copy.; vii-227pp., 100 illustrations in color with some b/w photos.
