The architecture of Britain / Doreen Yarwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yarwood, Doreen.

Contributor:

Robert Frost Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Great Britain--History.

Architecture.

Great Britain.

History.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Frost, Robert (donor) (Frost Collection copy)

Physical Description:

276 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, [1976]

Contents:

Part One. The Middle Ages

Part Two. Classical Dominance

Part Three. The Age of Revivals

Part Four. Modern Architecture.

Notes:

"The text of this book presents a broad commentary on and description of architecture in Britain from Saxon times until the present day, relating the building activity to the life of the people and to their relationship with other countries of influence at the time. More than half the contents of the book is illustrative, in line drawings and half-tones. This pictorial coverage includes buildings of all types--ecclesiastical and secular, civic and domestice--as well as architectural and ornamental detail."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266) and index.

Local Notes:

Frost Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2010 by Robert Frost.

Frost Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Yarwood, Doreen. Architecture of Britain.

ISBN:

0684147297 :

9780684147291

OCLC:

2896018