Splendour!

Art in Living Craftmanship

AvAdam Busiakiewicz,John Martin Robinson

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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An exhibition which celebrates 80 years of conservation work by the Georgian Group.The exhibition aims to transport the visitor into a world of craftsmanship, beautyand design. Gathering together an eclectic selection of traditional ‘Georgian’ craftspractised in the 21st century, objects range from silk wallpaper and chandeliers tocarved stone sculpture and ceiling designs. The works on display demonstrate thatthe Georgian tradition is a living tradition, and is one that should be supported andpreserved.Founded in 1937, the Georgian Group is a conservation organisation created tocampaign for the preservation of historic buildings and planned landscapes of the18th and early 19th centuries.

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Utgivningsdatum:2017-03-01
Mått:238 x 282 x 16 mm
Vikt:646 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:112
Förlag:Unicorn Publishing Group
ISBN:9781910787779

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Adam Busiakiewicz is an art historian, lecturer and lutenist. Following anundergraduate degree at University College London, he gained a Masters degree inFine and Decorative Art from the Sotheby’s Institute. Adam is especially interestedin the history and former collection of the Earls of Warwick and is currently workingon his doctorate at the University of Warwick.John Martin Robinson is an architectural historian and long-standing member of theGeorgian Group. He has written over twenty books relating to Georgian architectsand the English country house, many of which are considered definitive treatmentsof their subject. His writing work has included the contribution of over 400 articlesand reviews for the Country Life over a period of forty years.David McKinstry has been Secretary of the Georgian Group since April 2016,having previously worked for the Group since October 2008 as southern caseworker.He read modern history at the Christ Church, Oxford (2004–2007) staying onto complete a Masters degree in architectural history. In addition to his work atthe Georgian Group he is completing a DPhil in architectural history at Oxford,where the subject of his research is the English Italianate in civic and commercialarchitecture in London c.1815–1860.