Protestant Dublin, 1660-1760 [electronic resource] : Architecture and Iconography /
Usher, R.author.
This innovative urban history of Dublin explores the symbols and spaces of the Irish capital between the Restoration in 1660 and the advent of neoclassical public architecture in the 1770s. The meanings ascribed to statues, churches, houses, and public buildings are traced in detail, using a wide range of visual and written sources.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Court and City in Restoration Dublin; 2 Churches and Cathedrals; 3 Public Sculpture after 1700; 4 Architectures of Authority in the Eighteenth Century; 5 The Dublin House; Conclusion; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This innovative urban history of Dublin explores the symbols and spaces of the Irish capital between the Restoration in 1660 and the advent of neoclassical public architecture in the 1770s. The meanings ascribed to statues, churches, houses, and public buildings are traced in detail, using a wide range of visual and written sources.
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Nature conservation.
Europe—History—1492-.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Architecture, general.
Cultural History.
Social History.
Nature Conservation.
History of Early Modern Europe.