Oxford An Architectural Guide

Name: Oxford An Architectural Guide
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ISBN: 9780198174233

ISBN-10: 0198174233

ISBN-13: 9780198174233

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: Geoffrey Tyack

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Few cities have a greater concentration of significant architecture than Oxford. Within a city of only 130,000 inhabitants there are important buildings, many of them of great beauty, from every period from the eleventh century down to the present. Geoffrey Tyack chronicles the architectural development of Oxford--both University and City--from its origins to the late twentieth century, explaining the idiosyncracies of Oxford's architectural history, and placing the buildings within their historical context. His approach is chronological, and his emphasis on what can actually be seen. Although many books have been written about individual buildings and various aspects of Oxford…

Book details

List price: $23.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/23/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.31" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Geoffrey Tyack is a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford.



Introduction



Origins: 900-1350



The Later Middle Ages



From Reformation to Restoration



The Age of Classicism



A Century of Growth: 1750-1850



Victorian Gothic



Into the Twentieth Century



From Modernism to Post-Modernism Walks


Glossary


Acknoweldgements


Index