- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Dorling Kindersley; First Edition, First Impression edition (3 Mar 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1405329637
- ISBN-13: 978-1405329637
- Product Dimensions: 29.6 x 21.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 52,548 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A stunning exploration of the wonder of Britain’s architecture with Ptolemy Dean, presenter of BBC2’s Restoration
From Churches and Cathedrals to Music Halls and Country Houses explore Britain with Ptolemy Dean, presenter of BBC2’s Restoration. Take a look around Britain’s best buildings and explore our unique relationship with our surroundings through expert insight from Ptolemy and his personal illustrations.
With a foreword from architecture expert and author of England's Thousand Best Churches, Simon Jenkins.
About the Author
Ptolemy Dean is a practising architect and is well known as an expert presenter of the popular BBC2 series Restoration. He also serves on the English Heritage London Advisory Committee and the Salisbury Cathedral Fabric Advisory Committee.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
As you'd expect from publishers DK, this is a lavish production but, in contrast to their signature all-seeing, all-knowing house style, I'm delighted that it's very much a view through one pair of eyes. Ptolemy Dean's drawings aren't as acerbically witty as Paul Hogarth's Drawing on Life: The Autobiography of Paul Hogarth, as robustly vernacular as Matthew Rice Village Buildings of Britain Handbook or as flamboyantly urbane as David Gentleman's David Gentleman's London (Phoenix Illustrated) but if you like their work, I think you'll appreciate his gentle, intelligent, eye-opening tour of Britain's Buildings.
I like his consistently wobbly line which takes the scary technical side out of architectural drawing and his understated, atmospheric use of watercolour. His book makes me want to get out there exploring, enjoying and drawing buildings and the human-scale spaces - successfully evoked here on the 2-dimensional page - that they can create around them.
I like his consistently wobbly line which takes the scary technical side out of architectural drawing and his understated, atmospheric use of watercolour. His book makes me want to get out there exploring, enjoying and drawing buildings and the human-scale spaces - successfully evoked here on the 2-dimensional page - that they can create around them.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
for what i wanted,great all the pen and wash drawings ideas to help me at art classes. would help other begginers to see how he goes about it ,and what he sees in each drawing.The amount of paint he uses or rather theamount he does not use surprised me, a great book all round.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
I have seen an advanced copy of Ptolemy's brilliant book. What an Artist, his talent and expertise are beyond doubt. I would recommend that it is an essential part of anyone's library. His illustrations are perfection !
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Britains Buildings Places and Spaces
Excellent book for those interested in Pen,Ink and watercolour work- quite unique and very good for teaching; superb free hand sketching.
Published 5 months ago by Mike Dobson
Irritating
Dean's choices of places & buildings are fine, many are out-of-the way, & very picturesque. But his style, sometimes nicely highlighted with watercolour, sometimes over-coloured,... Read more
Published 5 months ago by bookie
Ptolemy Deans
This is a very interesting book not only for an informative text, but also for the amazing pen and wash pictures, I have really enjoyed watching the artist/ architect on TV, but... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Stephanie Dee
Britains Buildings
Ptolomy Dean's book 'Britains Buildings' is a joy of perfect if not almost humorous Paintings.
As a new student of pen and wash I can't stop looking at his intricate drawings... Read more
As a new student of pen and wash I can't stop looking at his intricate drawings... Read more
Published on 6 April 2009 by A. F. A. Simmons
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