Professor of natural and experimental philosophy at the University of Cambridge, Robert Willis (1800-75) mostly lectured on mechanism, and was elected an honorary member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1838. But Willis's interests also included Italian Gothic architecture, and his observations on the style, amassed in 1832-3 while travelling in France, Italy and Germany, were presented in this book, first published in 1835. The work is a pioneering study of Italian Gothic, a mode overlooked by his contemporaries, ...
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Professor of natural and experimental philosophy at the University of Cambridge, Robert Willis (1800-75) mostly lectured on mechanism, and was elected an honorary member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1838. But Willis's interests also included Italian Gothic architecture, and his observations on the style, amassed in 1832-3 while travelling in France, Italy and Germany, were presented in this book, first published in 1835. The work is a pioneering study of Italian Gothic, a mode overlooked by his contemporaries, and key examples are brought together. It places Italian Gothic architecture within a European context and argues that the style represents an evolutionary assemblage of architectural motifs from different places and earlier periods. Willis's narrative refocused attention on Italian Gothic, winning the approval of the Institution of British Architects, which made him an honorary member in the year of its publication.
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New. Print on demand Trade paperback (US). Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture . 16 b/w illus. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
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Fair. First edition. Octavo. 200pp., 15 plates. Disbound. Front board detached (with contemporary bookplate of Francis Offley Martin, Lincoln's Inn), rear board lacking, a little foxing in text, text block tight and near fine, overall fair.
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Fair. Inscribed by publisher, J.J. Deighton to the first owner, F.G. Lemann. Also signed by Lemann, 1846. Later signed by A. A. Armstrong, 1931. vii, 200pp. 15 plates + frontis. Original cloth. Front board detached, rear almost detached. The first publication on architecture by the very distinguished Cambridge architectural historian Robert Willis, pioneering in its careful analysis of the component features of Italian Gothic architecture, and showing a particular interest in vaulting on which Willis was to become the recognised authority. Willis based it on notes taken on a tour in 1832-1833. BAL 3675.
