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Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain

Myth and Modernity, Excess and Enchantment

By: Dr Paul Dobraszczyk

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Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain

Myth and Modernity, Excess and Enchantment

By: Dr Paul Dobraszczyk

In the half century after the building of the Crystal Palace (1851), some architects, engineers, manufacturers and theorists believed that the fusion of iron and ornament would reconcile art and technology and create a new, modern architectural language. This book studies the development of mechanised architectural ornament in iron in nineteenth-century architecture, its reception and theorisation, and the contexts in which it flourished. As such, it offers new ways of understanding the notion of modernity in Victorian architecture.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1472418980

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9781472418982

Heroes of Postman's Park

Heroic Self-Sacrifice in Victorian London

By: Dr John Price

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Heroic Self-Sacrifice in Victorian London

By: Dr John Price

The Watts Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice in Postman's Park, London, is a Victorian monument containing fifty-four ceramic plaques commemorating sixty-two individuals, each of whom lost their own life while attempting to save another. Every plaque tells a tragic and moving story, but the short narratives do little more than whet the appetite and stimulate the imagination about the lives and deaths of these brave characters. Based upon extensive historical research, this book will, for the first time, provide a full and engaging account of the dramatic circumstances behind each of the incidents, and reveal the vibrant and colourful lives led by those who tragically died.

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The History Press

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0750964685

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9780750964685

Book's by Dr Paul Dobraszczyk

Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain

Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain

Heroes of Postman's Park

Heroes of Postman's Park

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