Robert Willis (1800-1875) and the foundation of architectural history /

Robert Willis was the archetypal nineteenth-century polymath. Officially, as Jacksonian Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, he specialized in the study of mechanism, which he also taught at the Royal School of Mines in London. In the field of science he w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buchanan, Alexandrina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2013.
Colección:History of the University of Cambridge. Texts and studies ; v. 8.
Temas:
Willis, Robert, > 1800-1875.
Willis, Robert, > 1800-1875
Architectural historians > England > Biography.
College teachers > England > Biography.
Architecture > England > History.
Historiens de l'architecture > Angleterre > Biographies.
Architecture > Angleterre > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Artists, Architects, Photographers.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
ARCHITECTURE > History > General.
Architectural historians.
Architecture.
College teachers.
England.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • London and the early years
  • Cambridge and scientific work to 1841
  • Remarks and the architecture of the Middle Ages and the membrological approach
  • Evidence and its uses in architectural history
  • The cathedral studies : 'landmarks' of architectural history
  • Public scientist, private man
  • The practice of architecture : Willis as designer, arbiter and influence
  • 'Architectural and social history' : Canterbury and Cambridge.

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