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| Title | : | The English Journey: Journal of a Visit to France and Britain in 1826 (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.52 (534 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300041179 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-01 |
| Language | : | English |
Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: German
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At the same time the journal gives a unique impression of Regency Britain as seen by a foreign architect. The text, which is augmented by Schinkel's long descriptive letters to his wife, is accompanied by numerous illustrations of drawings and pages from the journal, and contemporary engravings ofthe places mentioned, as well as a full introduction and explanatory notes.. In 1826 the great German architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel made a tour of France, England, Scotland and Wales. Sites that no longer exist in London, Oxford and Edinburgh, as well as the potteries, the Menai straits and the industrial towns and factories of northern Britain are recreated here through Schinkel's discussions and drawings, among the very few surviving records of the face of Britain at the time of the Industrial Revolution. This book contains the first complete translation into English of Schinkel's journal, as well as the drawings he made while he was travelling. He kept a journal in which he recorded the new buildings he saw in Paris as well as his busy social life there; he mused about Britain, its inhabitants and its architecture,
David Bindman is Emeritus Professor of the History of Art at University College London.
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