Inigo S Stones
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Inigo S Stones
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Author : Tom Williamson
language : en
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2012-04-01
Inigo S Stones written by Tom Williamson and has been published by Troubador Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-01 with Architecture categories.
Written by a geologist rather than an art historian, Inigo’s Stones has a down to earth narrative which reveals Inigo Jones as a stone expert who dealt with masons to became a shrewd businessman, bringing Portland stones to London, and founding the modern Portland stone industry.Why are so many of London’s famous buildings, for example Buckingham Palace, the British Museum, the Bank of England, the government offices in Whitehall, faced with stones from the Isle of Portland, more than a hundred miles away? Until now the reasons that prompted famous architect Inigo Jones to bring blocks of this creamy limestone all the way by sea from the Royal Manor of Portland and thereby found the modern Portland stone industry had been something of a mystery.Working with archival research specialist James Derriman, geologist Tom Williamson has now reconstructed a scenario that solves the mystery. It is a complex tale that involves the marriage of Inigo’s chief Banqueting House mason Nicholas Stone to the daughter of the City Mason of booming Amsterdam, a nasty incident at the stone-loading pier at Portland and Inigo Jones’s struggles to pay stone workers from King James’s bankrupt Treasury.The new findings presented in Inigo’s Stones also see Inigo Jones studying Roman stones and marbles in Italy with Lord and Lady Arundel, initiating the first geological study of Stonehenge, searching for Portland stones big enough to replicate the Carystian marble monoliths of the Roman temple of Antoninus and Faustina in London and procuring Irish marbles to reflect imperial glory on his friend King Charles I. Inigo emerges not just as a Court propagandist and Vitruvian architect, but also as a resourceful businessman doing his best to cope at a time when the government was even shorter of cash than it is today.Reflecting on the questions raised by Inigo’s work for the Stuart kings, the author Tom Williamson extends the story to cover the whole field of how rulers have used stones and marbles to project imperial power. Focusing on the stones of three once-mighty empires, the Roman, the Mughal and the British, the book ends with a surprising twist.
The Stones Of London
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Author : Leo Hollis
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-04-07
The Stones Of London written by Leo Hollis and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-07 with History categories.
The story of London, told through twelve of its most seminal buildings. 'Excellent ...this is an imaginative book that finds a convincing new way to tell the story of one of the most written-about cities in the world' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Hollis has a fine eye for architecture, and engagingly describes neo-classical marvels as well as the Labour government's dockside folly of the Millennium Dome... Hollis is good company' SPECTATOR In a sweeping narrative, from its mythic origins to the glittering towers of the contemporary financial capital, THE STONES OF LONDON tells the story of twelve London buildings in a kaleidoscopic and unexpected history of one of the world's most enigmatic cities. From the Roman forum to the Gherkin, Regent Street to the East End, the Houses of Parliament to Greenwich Palace, London's buildings are testament to the richness of its past. Behind the facades of these buildings lie the stories of the people, ideas and events that took place within them and that caused their creation. They all have very human stories, of the men and women who dreamed and lived their lives in London, leaving their imprint upon the fabric of the capital.
Global Heritage Stone
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Author : D. Pereira
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Release Date : 2015-06-04
Global Heritage Stone written by D. Pereira and has been published by Geological Society of London this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-04 with Science categories.
This Special Publication is dedicated to heritage stone: those natural stones that have special significance in human culture. Some stones that have had important uses in the past are now neglected because they are no longer extracted. Others are still commercially important, but their heritage uses have not been well documented in widely available sources. The Heritage Stone Task Group of the International Union of Geological Sciences is working to establish a new formal designation of ‘Global Heritage Stone Resource’ to recognize those stones that have had internationally significant architectural and ornamental uses. The aim is to spread awareness of the cultural heritage aspects of these stones, to help to encourage continued supply for maintenance and repair of important monuments and to preserve historically important quarries. The aim is neither to promote nor to limit these stones for new construction: in some cases continuing commercial use might help to ensure future supplies for building conservation purposes.
The Most Notable Antiquity Of Great Britain Vulgarly Called Stone Heng On Salisbury Plain Restored By Inigo Jones Esquire Architect Generall To The Late King
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Author : Inigo Jones
language : en
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Release Date : 2023-11-12
The Most Notable Antiquity Of Great Britain Vulgarly Called Stone Heng On Salisbury Plain Restored By Inigo Jones Esquire Architect Generall To The Late King written by Inigo Jones and has been published by Alpha Edition this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-12 with categories.
The most notable Antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng, on Salisbury Plain Restored by Inigo Jones Esquire, Architect Generall to the late King, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.
The Builder
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
The Builder written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Architecture categories.
Natural Stone And World Heritage
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Author : Dolores Pereira
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2019-01-22
Natural Stone And World Heritage written by Dolores Pereira and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-22 with Science categories.
Heritage stones are those stones that have been used for many years, even centuries, to build the historic buildings and monuments of places around the world. Some of these stones are still being used for construction, but others are no longer used, either because quarries were exhausted or closed or because architects and constructors do not know about their particularities and importance. Several scientific papers discuss many of these stones, and a number of papers are currently being prepared, but this book is the first to emphasize the importance and significance of natural stone in the construction of a city, Salamanca, recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1988. In light of this recognition, Salamanca has a duty to preserve all historic buildings that make up the city by restoring those that are starting to deteriorate centuries after their construction. This book describes the buildings, the stones (all quarried centuries ago in the surrounding area), and the stone quarries, some of them inactive for many years, but that should still allow extraction of blocks on demand to restore and replace damaged specimens in the buildings, preserving the very character that saw the city receive recognition by UNESCO in the first place. There are many other places around the world that should follow this initiative and disseminate the importance of their heritage stones. This book will be of interest to professionals and academics in Geology, Engineering, architectural and artistic work in stone, both construction and conservation, but also to the general public.
Bibliotheca Britannica
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Author : Robert Watt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1824
Bibliotheca Britannica written by Robert Watt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1824 with categories.
Sharpe S London Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1847
Sharpe S London Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1847 with English literature categories.
Sharpe S London Magazine A Journal Of Entertainment And Instruction For General Reading
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1847
Sharpe S London Magazine A Journal Of Entertainment And Instruction For General Reading written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1847 with categories.
Vols. 22-23 include illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Sharpe S London Magazine Of Entertainment And Instruction
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1847
Sharpe S London Magazine Of Entertainment And Instruction written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1847 with categories.