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The Strange genius of William Burges, "art-architect", 1827-1881: A catalogue to a centenary exhibition, organised jointly by the National Museum of ... and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
156p sturdy paperback, black cover with colour artwork, very good condition, minimum wear, tight binding, endpapers and pages clean and bright, b&w photographs and artwork throughout, a very good copy, this copy published in the year 1981
155 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1981
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August 8, 2014
William Burges was an English architect and designer in the Gothic Revival style. His work presaged the Arts and Crafts movement. Although his name is probably unfamiliar to you unless you are particularly interested in 19th-century architecture, he designed some relatively famous buildings in his short career.
Cardiff Castle
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork
Castell Coch
He also designed stained glass, jewelry, furniture, and other objects of interior design and furnishing.
This book is very informative in terms of Burges' work. It collects images of a large number of buildings and pieces and includes ephemera such as sketches, photographs, blueprints, etc. It was interesting to see his notes about his ideas, sometimes sketched onto photos of the sites, or clipped onto buildings plans to show where they'd go.
Visually, the book is not very interesting. The reproductions are small and black and white, and the text informative rather than interesting. Thus, probably for specialists rather than casual art-enjoyers.
If I ever write a satirical Victorian novel I am going to name a character Cerberus Privy, and only you literati who read this review will know whence the name came.
Cardiff Castle
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork
Castell Coch
He also designed stained glass, jewelry, furniture, and other objects of interior design and furnishing.
This book is very informative in terms of Burges' work. It collects images of a large number of buildings and pieces and includes ephemera such as sketches, photographs, blueprints, etc. It was interesting to see his notes about his ideas, sometimes sketched onto photos of the sites, or clipped onto buildings plans to show where they'd go.
Visually, the book is not very interesting. The reproductions are small and black and white, and the text informative rather than interesting. Thus, probably for specialists rather than casual art-enjoyers.
If I ever write a satirical Victorian novel I am going to name a character Cerberus Privy, and only you literati who read this review will know whence the name came.
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