General & Miscellaneous Architectural History & Criticism, General & Miscellaneous Architecture, Arts & Crafts Movement - Art, International Style & Modernism - Architecture, Romantic Revivalism & the Sublime in Architecture, Interior Design - Architectur

Arts and Crafts Masterpieces

Name: Arts and Crafts Masterpieces
Author: Beth Dunlop, Trevor Garnham
ISBN: 9780714838762

by Beth Dunlop, Trevor Garnham

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Synopsis

Part of a series that places buildings within their historical context, thisext considers three "public" buildings which demonstrate how Arts and Craftsrchitects worked within varying environments. St Andrew's Church, Roker, is striking creation - a collaboration of work by architect, artists andraftsmen builders; Glasgow School of Art is a synthesis of opposites -ustere and delicate, dark and light, derivative yet innovative; and theirst Church of Christ Scientist, Berkeley, California, is versatile,olourful and inventive.;The authors describe how each building responds tots context, while examining its unique character. Studying the buildings inne volume is designed to enable the reader to decipher their sharednfluences along with the larger historical and geographical contexts of each.