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'Greek' Thomson
- Title
- 'Greek' Thomson / edited by Gavin Stamp and Sam McKinstry.
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | NA997.T49 S72 1994 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvi, 249 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
- Summary
- This title covers the full range of Alexander "Greek" Thomson's architectural talents. He emerges as a great architect and a man of intellect whose theory and practice synthesized the best thought of his time in architectural history, aesthetic philosophy and theology.
- Subject
- Thomson, Alexander, 1817-1875 > Criticism and interpretation
- Thomson, Alexander, 1817-1875
- Thomson, Alexander 1817-1875
- Thomson, Alexander
- Thomson, Alexander, (1817-1875)
- Thomson, Alexander (Architekt)
- Greek revival (Architecture) > Scotland > Glasgow
- Buildings
- Greek revival (Architecture)
- Neuklassizismus
- Städtebau
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Gebouwen
- Stedenbouw
- Architecture > 19e siècle > Grande-Bretagne > Glasgow
- Geschichte 1850-1875
- Glasgow (Scotland) > Buildings, structures, etc
- Scotland > Glasgow
- Glasgow
- Glasgow (G.B.) > Constructions
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-244) and index.
- Contents
- On discovering 'Greek' Thomson / John Summerson -- In search of purity : Glasgow 1849-56 / Charles McKean -- The development of Thomson's style : the Scottish background / David M. Walker -- 'Greek' Thomson's literary and pictorial sources / James Macaulay -- Thomson's architectural theory / Sam McKinstry -- Thomson and Schleiermacher / Sam McKinstry and Jane Plenderleith -- Thomson, Mossman and architectural sculpture / Alexander Stoddart -- Thomson's city / John McKean -- Exploring the wall : the urban façades of Alexander Thomson / Mark Baines -- Alexander Thomson and the Glasgow improvement scheme / Brian Edwards -- Domestic interiors / Ian Gow -- Alexander Thomson's furniture / Juliet Kinchin -- Alexander Thomson, Daniel Cottier and the interior of Queen's Park Church / Sally Joyce Rush -- The German connection / David Watkin -- An American forerunner? Minard Lafever and Alexander Thomson / Andor Gomme and Gavin Stamp -- Frontiers of the West--Glasgow and Chicago : the pioneering architectures of Thomson, Mackintosh and Wright / Andrew MacMillan -- A view from the bay window / Gavin Stamp.
- ISBN
- 0748604804
- 9780748604807
- LCCN
- 95128904
- OCLC
- ocm31661669
- 31661669
- SCSB-2049114
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library