Girouard, Mark, 1931-, A biographical dictionary of English architecture, 1540-1640 , 2021
- Title(s):
- A biographical dictionary of English architecture, 1540-1640 / Mark Girouard.
- Published/Created:
- London : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2021.
New Haven : distributed by Yale University Press
©2021 - Physical Description:
- xiv, 372 pages ; 24 cm
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryNA965 .G568 2021 (LC)Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
Note: Please contact the Reference Library to schedule an appointment [Email ycba.reference@yale.edu] - Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16051809
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
This long-awaited work of scholarship provides a comprehensive dictionary of everyone of importance in the creation of English architecture in the Elizabethan and Jacobean ages. With characteristically deft prose, Mark Girouard draws on a lifetime of experience in the study of architectural history to assess the impact of some six hundred master craftsmen, surveyors, designers and patrons at work between 1540 and 1640. Surveying a period not covered by other dictionaries, this book is a key text for students and scholars of British architecture and its allied arts between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Mark Girouard's lively comments and felicitous style also make it an enjoyable browse for anyone interested in the magnificent buildings that formed the background to the music of Dowland, Wilbye and Byrd; the fascinating political intrigues of the Tudor court; and the writings of Sidney, Shakespeare, Donne, Campion and Jonson. - Subject Terms:
- Architects -- Great Britain -- Biography.Architecture, Domestic -- England -- Dictionaries.Architecture, Elizabethan -- England -- Dictionaries.Architecture, Elizabethan.Architecture, Jacobean -- Dictionaries.Architecture, Jacobean.England.
- Form/Genre:
- Dictionaries.
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