EMPIRE BUILDING by Mark Crinson ( 9780415139410 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

EMPIRE BUILDING
ORIENTALISM AND VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE

By:

Mark Crinson

Format:

Paperback

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£79.99

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ISBN 10:

0415139414

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9780415139410

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

22 August, 1996

Pages:

304

Description:

This study explains how and why western architecture was exported in the 19th century to colonies in the East, and how Islamic and Byzantine architectural ideas and styles in turn impacted on the West. It also explores the influence of the East on writers such as Ruskin.

Synopsis:

The colonial architecture of the nineteenth century has much to tell us of the history of colonialism and cultural exchange. Yet, these buildings can be read in many ways. Do they stand as witnesses to the rapacity and self-delusion of empire? Are they monuments to a world of lost glory and forgotten convictions? Do they reveal battles won by indigenous cultures and styles? Or do they simply represent an architectural style made absurdly incongruous in relocation? Empire Building is a study of how and why Western architecture was exported to the Middle East and how Islamic and Byzantine architectural ideas and styles impacted on the West. The book explores how far racial theory and political and religious agendas guided British architects (and how such ideas were resisted when applied), and how Eastern ideas came to influence the West, through writers such as Ruskin and buildings such as the Crystal Palace. Beautifully written and lavishly illustrated, Empire Building takes the reader on an extraordinary postcolonial journey, backwards and forwards, into the heart and to the edge of empire.

Illustrations:

30 line illustrations, 90 b&w photographs

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Imprint:

Routledge

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Returnable

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