The Architecture of Scotland, 1660-1750
Aonghus MacKechnie editor John Lowrey editor Louisa Humm editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:31st May '20
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This architectural survey covers one of Scotland's most important periods of political and architectural change when mainstream European classicism became embedded as the cultural norm. Interposed between the decline of 'the Scottish castle' and its revival as Scotch Baronial architecture, the contributors consider both private and public/civic architecture. They showcase the architectural reflections of a Scotland finding its new elites by providing new research, analysing paradigms such as Holyrood and Hamilton Palace, as well as external reference points such as Paris tenements, Roman precedents and English parallels. Typologically, the book is broad in scope, covering the architecture and design of country estate and also the urban scene in the era before Edinburgh New Town.
An enlightening volume for scholars of this formative period in Scottish architecture. -- W. S. Rodner, Tidewater Community College * CHOICE *
Well-illustrated with three-hundred images, many in color, this book contains an invaluable treasure-trove of archival and visual resources: maps, plans, paintings, drawings, engravings, letters, notebooks, and photographs. Its greatest strength, however, lies in the innovative approach to these sources, which the authors confidently mobilize to challenge accepted orthodoxies. [...] All in all, this substantial volume provides a spirited new resource that will surely stimulate vigorous conversation and excite further research in the field. -- Wendy McGlashan * Eighteenth-Century Scotland *
With the publication of The Architecture of Scotland 1660-1750, the longstanding and artificial cultural barrier between pre-1707 and post-1707 Scottish architecture has finally come crashing down, vividly highlighting the overpowering continuities within Scottish building and landscape design of the early modern era, and re-emphasising its strong links to contemporary continental Europe. * Miles Glendinning, Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies *
This illuminating book is a magisterial achievement. -- Deborah Howard, Cambridge University * Planning Perspectives *
This well-illustrated volume is a treasure. -- Benjamin Riley * The New Criterion *
ISBN: 9781474455268
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512 pages