G. A. Bremner, Building Greater Britain: Architecture, Imperialism, and the Edwardian Baroque Revival, c. 1885-1920
Nowadays, scholars of architectural history rarely write purely stylistic histories, and this account of the all-continents-wide spread of so-called Edwardian Baroque in the age of empire (ca. 1875-1915) is by no means a formal history of the style. Rather, Edwardian Baroque is seen as the architec...
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| Samenvatting: | Nowadays, scholars of architectural history rarely write purely stylistic histories, and this account of the all-continents-wide spread of so-called Edwardian Baroque in the age of empire (ca. 1875-1915) is by no means a formal history of the style. Rather, Edwardian Baroque is seen as the architectural language of British nationalism, one that “was responsible for building ... an enduring vision of a Greater British world, both physically and mythically.” Bremner masterfully shows how Edwar... |
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