{"title":"Christopher Tadgell","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristopher Tadgell’s works delve deeply into the rich tapestry of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, offering insightful explorations into architectural history and cultural heritage. His writing invites readers to appreciate the intricate connections between art, civilisation, and religious traditions across the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith a thoughtful and scholarly approach, Tadgell provides comprehensive perspectives on subjects such as Islamic art and architecture, making his collection a valuable resource for those interested in the enduring impact of cultural expression throughout history.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"islam-by-christopher-tadgell-9781138038899","title":"Islam","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Prophet Muhammad – acknowledged by his followers to have been the hand with which God wrote his definitive Word enshrined in the Koran – was born into the Quraishi tribe at Mecca around 570 AD and died in Medina in 632 AD. 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Further developments in Islamic architecture included tombs, palaces, and fortifications, all of which are described and illustrated in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe story continues with the glorious architecture of the Timurids, Safavids, and Ottomans, utilising architects and craftsmen from regions as diverse as Spain to India and beyond. Mosques expanded to unprecedented vastness, and colour and pattern were utilised to dazzling effect. In Mughal India, a synthesis of traditional forms with those imported from Persia produced a series of magnificent mosques, citadels, and tombs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe architecture of Islam includes some of the world’s most beautiful buildings, from the serene gardens of the Alhambra, regarded as images of the lost Eden, to the imposing mosques of Ottoman Istanbul that expressed the boundless expansion of the faith. \u003cem\u003eIslam\u003c\/em\u003e provides unparalleled depth in covering this architectural range, placing the tradition's development in the context of the religious, political, economic, and technological conditions of the times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47606311551212,"sku":"9781138038899","price":130.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138038899-islam.jpg?v=1778150588"},{"product_id":"modernity-by-christopher-tadgell-9781138038820","title":"Modernity","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe seventh book in the \u003cem\u003eArchitecture in Context\u003c\/em\u003e series, this is a comprehensive survey of the European tradition of architecture from the pre-dawn of the Enlightenment in early Georgian England to the triumph of Brutalism in the seventh decade of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe three main sections are preceded by a concise introduction isolating the key philosophical and political theories which dominated the period: in particular Enlightenment and industrialisation. The first section of the book covers Anglo-Palladianism, French academic rationalism, their Neoclassical developments and the aspiration to the Sublime. This first part develops the major strand of eclecticism before progressing to Historicism and the impact of industrial building techniques in the second. The third and final part begins with Design Reform in reaction to industrialism and then proceeds to Design Reform in response to the reactionaries – though they too continue to make their mark as the chronicle progresses. The epilogue covers developments from the advent of the Postmodernists and their High-Tech adversaries to the diversity of formal and technological games played out towards the end of the century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe numerous great architects and designers whose work both defines and illustrates the book’s themes include visionaries like Soane, Boullée and Schinkel, entrepreneurial innovators such as the Adams brothers and Repton, engineers of the age of iron including Eiffel, Paxton and Bélanger, and 20th-century giants – Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier among many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47606963208428,"sku":"9781138038820","price":134.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/fdc8c3c361dde4185dbf91a3fb9c49d1.jpg?v=1778191211"},{"product_id":"reformations-by-christopher-tadgell-9781138038912","title":"Reformations","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnprecedented in scope, this fifth volume in the Architecture in Context series traces the rediscovery of Classical ideas and the emergence of the great artists and architects of late 15th- and early 16th-century Italy, leading to the cultural peak characterised as the High Renaissance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt begins with a definition of Mannerism, the seminal development from the High Renaissance and the Baroque, associated with such dominant and influential figures as Raphael, Michelangelo, Vignola, Romano, and Palladio. 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These two major traditions – with the intercession of architects from the Netherlands who had ideas of their own – had a huge impact in central Europe, spreading ideas across a vast area including modern-day Germany, Austria, and Poland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a digression to the notably eclectic England of Elizabeth I and James I, where pioneers such as Robert Smythson were overshadowed by the towering figure of Inigo Jones, \u003ci\u003eReformations\u003c\/i\u003e ends with a survey of architecture in the Iberian Peninsula and the colonies of Spain and Portugal, where the powerful influence of the Italian masters met a strong vernacular tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProfusely illustrated and with many specially drawn plans, this is a wide-ranging and detailed guide to the architecture of a period that continues to fascinate and engage us today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607487529196,"sku":"9781138038912","price":134.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138038912-reformations.jpg?v=1778167769"},{"product_id":"the-louvre-and-versailles-by-christopher-tadgell-9781032895482","title":"The Louvre and Versailles","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn tracing the evolution of the Louvre from fortress to palace and of Versailles from hunting domain to dynastic capital, Dr Tadgell’s detailed architectural analysis of many projects—external and internal, realised and unrealised— is set in the context of the development of the medieval monarchy towards absolutism, of the development of the medieval château towards precedents for the seat of absolutism, and of the effect of the French monarchy’s financial incontinence on the realisation of royal building ambitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn particular, Tadgell challenges received opinion on the introduction of Hispano-Burgundian court etiquette to French palace design, relates the court front of Lescot’s Renaissance Louvre to the iconography of apotheosis, revises the current ordering of François Mansart’s designs for the Louvre and reassesses the subsequent contribution of Claude Perrault to the completion of the east front in respect for the opinion of 17th and 18th-century commentators. After surveying the various phases of work for Louis XIV at Versailles, he traces the evolution of Ange-Jacques Gabriel’s \u003cem\u003egrand projet\u003c\/em\u003e for rebuilding the town side of the palace for Louis XV, noting the influence of Bernini on the definitive phase, and he masters the intricacies of the incessant changes to the royal apartments which inhibited rebuilding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, the book looks at the influence of the great French palaces on those seeking to emulate their ambition, from Stockholm in the late-17th century to the deliriously opulent late-19th century palace of Ludwig II of Bavaria at Herrenchiemsee. A wealth of illustrative material and supporting documents bring this comprehensive and authoritative text to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608097931500,"sku":"9781032895482","price":93.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4fef7a2372f9ac99c21af76bbb671fc1.jpg?v=1778185710"},{"product_id":"the-louvre-and-versailles-by-christopher-tadgell-9781032895529","title":"The Louvre and Versailles","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn tracing the evolution of the Louvre from fortress to palace and Versailles from hunting domain to dynastic capital, Dr Tadgell’s detailed architectural analysis of many projects—external and internal, realised and unrealised—is set in the context of the development of the medieval monarchy towards absolutism. It also examines the development of the medieval château towards precedents for the seat of absolutism, and the effect of the French monarchy’s financial incontinence on the realisation of royal building ambitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn particular, Tadgell challenges received opinion on the introduction of Hispano-Burgundian court etiquette to French palace design, relates the court front of Lescot’s Renaissance Louvre to the iconography of apotheosis, revises the current ordering of François Mansart’s designs for the Louvre, and reassesses the subsequent contribution of Claude Perrault to the completion of the east front in respect for the opinion of 17th and 18th-century commentators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter surveying the various phases of work for Louis XIV at Versailles, he traces the evolution of Ange-Jacques Gabriel’s \u003cem\u003egrand projet\u003c\/em\u003e for rebuilding the town side of the palace for Louis XV, noting the influence of Bernini on the definitive phase. 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Structurally daring, it heralded a new architecture of light, most enduringly expressed in great cathedrals, and subsequently in the growing sophistication of houses and civic architecture as feudal magnates increasingly ceded power to the central authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book ends with the Italian rediscovery of Classical ideas and ideals and the emergence of the great Renaissance theorists and architects, including Brunelleschi, Alberti and Bramante. 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