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Title

Public architecture in Ireland 1680-1760 / Edward McParland.

Author

McParland, Edward.

Publication

New Haven, Conn. ; London : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in Pritish Art by Yale University Press, 2001.

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Description

ix, 241 p. : ill. (some col.), plans; 34 cm.

Summary

"This book examines the public architecture of Ireland from 1680 to 1760, a crucial period during which the country undertook the combined tasks of recovering from war and constructing a new and stable society. New buildings, and new types of buildings, were needed to express and sustain this society. Architectural historian Edward McParland explores the role of public architecture in this enterprise, focusing on public buildings as works of architecture and art, while also discussing the political, social, and economic contexts in which they were built. More than one hundred specially commissioned photographs by David Davison beautifully document this cultural process."--Jacket.

Subject

• Public buildings > Ireland
• Public architecture > Ireland
• Architecture > Ireland > 17th century
• Architecture > Ireland > 18th century
• Architecture and society > Ireland

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-233) and index.

Contents

pt. I. A New Theatre of Architecture. 1. Dramatis personae. 2. Mise-en-scene -- pt. II. The Buildings. 3. The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham and the architecture of charity. 4. Dublin Castle and the architecture of government. 5. The Royal Barracks and the architecture of defence. 6. Trinity College, Dublin and the architecture of learning. 7. The Parliament House and the architecture of studio, diligenza e amore.

ISBN

0300090641 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001002913

OCLC

51682782

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Harvard Library