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Sands Frances - Architectural Drawings Hidden Masterpieces From Sir John Soane's Museum - Hardcover
Sands Frances - Architectural Drawings Hidden Masterpieces From Sir John Soane's Museum - Hardcover
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Description: A visual large - format compilation of some the finest architectural drawings from Sir John Soane's extensive collection. Architectural Drawings casts light on the magnificent architectural drawings of neo - classical architect teacher and collector Sir John Soane that are otherwise concealed in archives. This book featuring artworks handpicked from what was probably the first comprehensive collection of architectural drawings in the world numbering 30,000 at the time of his death in 1837, celebrates a life spent procuring curiosities. The collection encompasses the hands of Montano Thorpe Wren Talman Hawksmoor Vanbrugh Gibbs Kent Chambers Adam Cl risseau P cheux Wyatt Playfair Nash and of course Soane himself. The quality of Soane's collection of drawings is scarcely paralleled elsewhere and on account of their fragility these items are infrequently seen by the public. This innovative book draws together the most exquisite and important works from the collection for the first time showing the extraordinary connoisseurship of Sir John Soane while also exploring what drove Soane to amass such a collection and the provenance of his various significant acquisitions. This book illustrates the story of Soane as a collector of architectural drawings but a story which is not normally available to the public and will provide a sumptuous opportunity to peruse some of the finest architectural drawings in existence.
Title: Architectural Drawings Hidden Masterpieces From Sir John Soane's Museum
Author(s): Sands Frances
Publisher: Batsford Ltd
Barcode: 9781849945851
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 8/10/2021
Category: History Of Architecture
Description: A visual large - format compilation of some the finest architectural drawings from Sir John Soane's extensive collection. Architectural Drawings casts light on the magnificent architectural drawings of neo - classical architect teacher and collector Sir John Soane that are otherwise concealed in archives. This book featuring artworks handpicked from what was probably the first comprehensive collection of architectural drawings in the world numbering 30,000 at the time of his death in 1837, celebrates a life spent procuring curiosities. The collection encompasses the hands of Montano Thorpe Wren Talman Hawksmoor Vanbrugh Gibbs Kent Chambers Adam Cl risseau P cheux Wyatt Playfair Nash and of course Soane himself. The quality of Soane's collection of drawings is scarcely paralleled elsewhere and on account of their fragility these items are infrequently seen by the public. This innovative book draws together the most exquisite and important works from the collection for the first time showing the extraordinary connoisseurship of Sir John Soane while also exploring what drove Soane to amass such a collection and the provenance of his various significant acquisitions. This book illustrates the story of Soane as a collector of architectural drawings but a story which is not normally available to the public and will provide a sumptuous opportunity to peruse some of the finest architectural drawings in existence.
Title: Architectural Drawings Hidden Masterpieces From Sir John Soane's Museum
Author(s): Sands Frances
Publisher: Batsford Ltd
Barcode: 9781849945851
Pages: 160 Pages
Publication Date: 8/10/2021
Category: History Of Architecture
