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Clive Wainwright and Paul Atterbury - Pugin: A Gothic Passion

Title: Pugin: A Gothic Passion
Description: New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1994 Softcover, 310pp., 25x28.5cm., richly illustr. in col. and b/w., in good condition (covers with light traces of use, spine slightly folded, interior in fine condition). ISBN 9780300060140. This book is the first to offer a complete appraisal of the life and achievements of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, the most influential designer in nineteenth-century Britain, who invented the Gothic Revival and launched it as the state style in Britain and in many other parts of the world. Beautifully illustrated, the book contains twenty-one essays by international scholars and specialists who focus on how Pugins work in industrial and book design, architecture, the applied arts, and literature influenced opinion and revolutionized public taste.

Keywords: Kunst: 19de eeuw neogotiek neogotsche stijl arts and crafts neo-gothic style england toegepaste kunsten

Price: EUR 29.50 = appr. US$ 32.06 Seller: SomeThingz, books etcetera
- Book number: 17191