- Paperback: 312 pages
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd; New Ed edition (20 May 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750935278
- ISBN-13: 978-0750935272
- Product Dimensions: 26.2 x 19 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 982,845 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This attractive book offers a reinterpretation of the swaggering Scottish Renaissance country house. The author reveals sixteenth-century Scotland as vivid, colourful, flamboyant and European, thus reversing a cultural heritage. Using contemporary descriptions, archives and documents, mixed with reconstructions of buildings, this book is a lively read illustrated by portraits, gardens, interiors and landscapes.
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Charles McKean is Professor of Scottish Architectural History at the University of Dundee. He has written over twenty books about Scottish architecture, winning several awards. He is also a former award-winning architectural critic of The Times, from 1979-84 he was Chief Executive of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. He also has honorary fellowships of both RIBA and RIAS.
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An often overlooked work of influential architectural thinking, which seeks to redefine the way a culture and ideology, in this case Scottish, thinks about, and therefore reacts upon, its buildings. By questioning the nature of 'why' instead of 'how', this book places itself far above what might be called standard 'academic literature', for not only is this book both engrossing and inviting, but it is also a great pleasure to read without sacrificing any of its academic relevance.
This book is essential literature for anyone who considers themselves knowledgeable on architecture in the UK, Scottish history, and for those who hold an interest in the way architecture reflects the culture and ideology that surrounds it. It is one of the only books to do that, and possibly the only one that does it with specific regard to Scotland. And for that reason, this book is not only a 'must buy', but a milestone in its field.
This book is essential literature for anyone who considers themselves knowledgeable on architecture in the UK, Scottish history, and for those who hold an interest in the way architecture reflects the culture and ideology that surrounds it. It is one of the only books to do that, and possibly the only one that does it with specific regard to Scotland. And for that reason, this book is not only a 'must buy', but a milestone in its field.
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