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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christine Casey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2021-09-01
Series:Architectural Histories
Online Access:https://journal.eahn.org/articles/534