Creating a Gothic Paradise: Pugin at the Antipodes by Brian Andrews

Book Description

Secondhand. In very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. The binding in the middle of the book has been stretched but is still in place. The interior is still excellent.

This book was published to accompany the Visions of Australia national touring exhibition on August Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852), the highly influential early Victioian architect, designer and theorist, best known for his stunning interiors of the British Houses of Parliament.

Pugin's only coherent collection of works outside Britain and Ireland is to be found in Australia. Many of the buildings and objects were conceived with severeThi is the first comprehensive study og cost constraints, showing in their stripped-down simplicity, his design brilliance through pure lines and form.

This is the first comprehensive study of Pugin's Australian oruiver, centred around over 280 items, including furniture, embroidered silk textiles, carved stonework, metalwork, books, paintings, engravings, architectural drawings, and photographs, as well as original design drawings and items manufactured from them. Each work is described, analysed, illustrated and set within its broader social and artistic context. (back cover)