This innovative book examines the public architecture of Ireland from 1680 to 1760, a crucial period during which the country undertook the combined tasks of recovering from war and constructing a new and stable society. New buildings, and new types of buildings, were needed to express and sustain this society. Architectural historian Edward McParland explores the role of public architecture in this enterprise, focusing on public buildings as works of architecture and art, while also discussing the political, social, and economic contexts in which they were built. More than one hundred specially commissioned photographs by David Davison beautifully document this cultural process.The book opens with a discussion of the people who were involved in the creation of public architecture and a description of the physical appearance of Ireland at the time, including its roads and harbors, its market houses and churches. The author then presents detailed portraits of key public buildings, among them The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, The Royal Barracks, Dublin Castle, Trinity College Dublin, and Edward Lovett Pearce’s Parliament House. Drawing on extensive research in archives throughout Britain and Ireland, McParland documents in vivid detail the architectural and social importance of these remarkable public buildings.

Public Architecture in Ireland, 1680-1760

Arts & Photography

McParland, Dr. Edward

McParland, Edward

Architecture

Paul Mellon Centre BA/ Yale University Press

James Gandon (1743-1823) was Dublin's most distinguished neo-classical architect. This is the first illustrated survey of Gandon's life and buildings. Many of the photographs have been commissioned specially for this book. With 195 illustrations.

James Gandon: Vitruvius Hibernicus

A. ZWEMMER LTD.

<p>Classicism is ubiquitous, from the facade of Selfridges to the letterhead of The Times. This book reveals its complexities, expressiveness and invention, inviting readers to discover in their surroundings a rich language of form. Making connections between historical periods, it focuses on looking closely at the buildings and their details, from which useful generalisations emerge. The book discusses how Renaissance architects, when faced with the bewildering variety of classical antiquity, produced canonical versions of the orders, and asks how the highly regulated language of classicism can sustain the originality of a Michelangelo, or a Soane. It looks at the human body in relation to classical architecture, examines the various treatments of the wall and of lettering, and discusses architectural backgrounds in painting.</p>

The Language of Architectural Classicism

Lund Humphries

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