The Architect's Secret
Subtitle: Victorian Critics and the Image of Gravity
Publisher: John Murray Publishers
Published: May 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780719560576
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Theory of architecture; c 1800 to c 1900; Architecture; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Criticism; History - General; General
Description: What is the secret of beauty in architecture? Critics have puzzled over this for centuries, not least Victorian architectural writers. This study focuses on four Victorian critics - George Aitchison, Benjamin Webb, Beresford Hope and Coventry Patmore - and charts their responses to this question.