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Public Architecture in Ireland, 1680-1760
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Public Architecture in Ireland, 1680-1760 Hardcover - 2001

by Edward McParland

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This innovative book examines the public architecture of Ireland from 1680 to 1760, a crucial period during which the country undertook the combined tasks of recovering from war and constructing a new and stable society. New buildings, and new types of buildings, were needed to express and sustain this society. Architectural historian Edward McParland explores the role of public architecture in this enterprise, focusing on public buildings as works of architecture and art, while also discussing the political, social, and economic contexts in which they were built. More than one hundred specially commissioned photographs by David Davison beautifully document this cultural process. The book opens with a discussion of the people who were involved in the creation of public architecture and a description of the physical appearance of Ireland at the time, including its roads and harbors, its market houses and churches. The author then presents detailed portraits of key public buildings, among them The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, The Royal Barracks, Dublin Castle, Trinity College Dublin, and Edward Lovett Pearce's Parliament House. Drawing on extensive research in archives throughout Britain and Ireland, McParland documents in vivid detail the architectural and social importance of these remarkable public buildings.
Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

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  • Title Public Architecture in Ireland, 1680-1760
  • Author Edward McParland
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 252
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Paul Mellon Centre, New Haven and London
  • Date December 1, 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780300090642 / 0300090641
  • Weight 4.35 lbs (1.97 kg)
  • Dimensions 13.9 x 9.38 x 1.01 in (35.31 x 23.83 x 2.57 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Ireland
  • Library of Congress subjects Public buildings - Ireland, Public architecture - Ireland
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001002913
  • Dewey Decimal Code 725.094

About the author

Edward McParland is lecturer in the department of the history of art and fellow of Trinity College Dublin. David Davison is an architectural and commercial photographer working in Dublin.
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New Haven, CT, U.S.A.: Yale University Press, 2001. Book. Illus. by Photographs By David Davison. V. Minor Bump, Else Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 13 1/4" x 10". 241 pages, 256 illustrations in black and white and colour, including more than one hundred specially commissioned photographs by David Davison. Opens with a discussion of the people who were involved in the creation of public architecture and a description of the physical appearance of Ireland at the time, including its roads and harbours, its market houses and churches. The author then presents detailed portraits of key public buildings, among them The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, The Royal Barracks, Dublin Castle, Trinity College, Dublin, and Edward Lovett Pearce's Parliament House, documenting in vivid detail the architectural and social importance of these remarkable public buildings. Bibliography. Hb in dw, very minor bump, minor tear to dw, otherwise a near fine copy..
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London : Yale University Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: ix, 241 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233) and index. Subjects: Public buildings Ireland; Public architecture Ireland; Architecture Ireland History; Architecture and society Ireland; Architecture Ireland 17th century; Architecture Ireland 18th century; Architecture and society Ireland.
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New Haven; London: Yale Univ. Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: ix, 241 pages: illustrations (some color); 34 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-233) and index. Contents: Part I.A new theatre of architecture. Dramatis personae -- Mise-en-scène -- Part II. The buildings. The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham and the architecture of charity -- Dublin Castle and the architecture of government -- The Royal Barracks and the architecture of defence -- Trinity College, Dublin and the architecture of learning -- The Parliament House and the architecture of studio, diligenza e amore. Subjects: Public buildings Ireland. Public architecture Ireland. Architecture Ireland History. Architecture and society Ireland. Public architecture Ireland. Public buildings Ireland. Architecture Ireland History 17th century. Architecture Ireland… Read More
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