Examining the period's remarkable stylistic diversity, this is an illustrated guide to the architecture of the reigns of the first four Georges (1714-1830). To many people the term "Georgian" suggests a dignified, often symmetrical facade of brick, with elegant sash-windows, a doorcase (usually with a fanlight) and a well-mannered and reticent appearance. However, there was far more to the Georgian period than that, and the book sets out to show the great diversity of architecture created during the era, from the grander classicism influenced by the architecture of Italy, notably that of Palladio, to the exotic tastes for chinoiserie, rococo, Gothic and even Indian styles. The author discusses all these aspects and also sets the scene in respect of notions concerned with the beautiful, the picturesque and the sublime, drawing attention especially to the importance of the picturesque.
- ISBN10 0715302272
- ISBN13 9780715302279
- Publish Date 30 November 1993 (first published 17 June 1993)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 June 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint David & Charles
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English