Rice Matthew
Rice Matthew - Oxford - Hardcover
Rice Matthew - Oxford - Hardcover
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Description: Discover Oxford one of the jewels of European architecture. Much loved and much visited the city offers an unparalleled collection of the best of English building through the centuries. Matthew Rice's Oxford is a feast of delightful watercolour illustrations and an informed and witty text explaining how the city came into being and what to look out for today. While the focus is on architectural detail Rice describes how the city has been shaped by its history topography and geology but most of all by generations of patrons who had the education and the resources to commission work from the greatest architects and builders of their day an astonishing range of which still stands. Ranging from the medieval to the contemporary the book covers all the iconic buildings such as the Radcliffe Camera the Sheldonian Theatre and the college quads as well as the distinctive details that you might otherwise miss. More than anywhere else in England it is possible in Oxford to take in the history of English architecture simply by walking today's streets lanes parks and meadows. This book is the perfect guide.
Title: Oxford
Author(s): Rice Matthew
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9780711295711
Pages: 208 Pages, Colour Illustrations
Publication Date: 4/16/2024
Category: History
Description: Discover Oxford one of the jewels of European architecture. Much loved and much visited the city offers an unparalleled collection of the best of English building through the centuries. Matthew Rice's Oxford is a feast of delightful watercolour illustrations and an informed and witty text explaining how the city came into being and what to look out for today. While the focus is on architectural detail Rice describes how the city has been shaped by its history topography and geology but most of all by generations of patrons who had the education and the resources to commission work from the greatest architects and builders of their day an astonishing range of which still stands. Ranging from the medieval to the contemporary the book covers all the iconic buildings such as the Radcliffe Camera the Sheldonian Theatre and the college quads as well as the distinctive details that you might otherwise miss. More than anywhere else in England it is possible in Oxford to take in the history of English architecture simply by walking today's streets lanes parks and meadows. This book is the perfect guide.
Title: Oxford
Author(s): Rice Matthew
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Plc
Barcode: 9780711295711
Pages: 208 Pages, Colour Illustrations
Publication Date: 4/16/2024
Category: History
