God's Architect
Download or Read eBook God's Architect PDF written by Rosemary Hill and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Rosemary Hill |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 617 |
| Release | : 2008-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780300155754 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0300155751 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis God's Architect by : Rosemary Hill
Book excerpt: God's Architect is the first modern biography of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852), one of Britain's greatest architects. The author draws on thousands of unpublished letters and drawings to recreate Pugin's life and work as architect, propagandist, and Gothic designer, as well as the turbulent story of his three marriages, the bitterness of his last years, and his sudden death at forty. -- Inside cover.
