Inigo Jones (The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art) - Hardcover

Summerson, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300082436 ISBN 13: 9780300082432

Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre BA, 2000

Synopsis

Inigo Jones, the first English classical architect, was famous in his own time and was the posthumous sponsor of the Palladian movement of the eighteenth century. This authoritative and elegantly written book, first published in 1966, reassessed Jones's life and career, cleared away the myths of attribution that surrounded his work, and reassigned to him projects that had disappeared from his oeuvre. Summerson's classic text is enhanced by a foreword and notes by Sir Howard Colvin, an updated bibliography, and improved illustrations.

About this title

About the Author:

John Summerson, a brilliant writer and lecturer on British architectural history, was curator of Sir John Soane's Museum in London. Sir Howard Colvin, emeritus fellow of St. John's College, Oxford, is the author of Architecture and the After-Life (ISBN 0 300 05098 4) and A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 (ISBN 0 300 07207 4, pb. #35.00), both published by Yale University Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: Paul Mellon Centre BA
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0300082436
• ISBN 13: 9780300082432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 156