James 'Athenian' Stuart 1713-1788 : the rediscovery of antiquity / Susan Weber Soros, ed
2007. New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #441978
ISBN: 0300117132
Physical description: 672 p. : ill. (some col.), ports, plans ; 31 cm. Series: Bard Graduate Center series. Contents: Stuart and Revett: the myth of Greece and its afterlife / David Watkin -- The life of James "Athenian" Stuart, 1713-1788 / Catherine Arbuthnot -- Stuart as antiquary and archaeologist in Italy and Greece / Frank Salmon -- The social world of James "Athenian" Stuart / Kerry Bristol -- The London houses / Richard Hewlings -- "The purest taste"-Janes "Athenian" Stuart's work in villas and country houses / Julius Bryant -- The garden buildings / Alexander Marr -- James Stuart, the Admiralty, and the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, 1758-88 / Kerry Bristol -- Stuart and the changing relationship between architects and sculptors in eighteenth-century Britain / M.G. Sullivan -- James "Athenian" Stuart and furniture design / Susan Weber Soros -- The Metalwork designs of James "Athenian" Stuart / Michael Snodin -- Stuart and the design and making of metals / Christopher Eimer -- Epilogue: the impact of Stuart over two centuries / David Watkin -- Stuart and his craftsmen / Geoffrey Beard. Subjects: Stuart, James 1713-1788. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture (New York, N.Y.) ; Exhibitions. Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England) ; Exhibitions. Architecture Greece Athens. Architecture, Domestic England 18th century ; Exhibitions.
Price: €85.00