Surface Value: Ways of Seeing Decoration in Architecture
The long 18th century was a period of intense investment in elite architecture in Britain which sustained an extensive craft culture in carving, modelling, and joinery. Yet decoration is largely marginalised or ignored by architectural historians. This antipathy to the enrichment of buildings is not...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2021-09-01
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Series: | Architectural Histories |
Online Access: | https://journal.eahn.org/articles/534 |