London's 'golden mile' : the great houses of the Strand, 1550-1650
Guerci, Manolo2021
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This work reconstructs the so-called 'Strand palaces' - eleven great houses that once stood along the Strand in London. Between 1550 and 1650, this was the capital's 'Golden Mile': home to a unique concentration of patrons and artists, and where England's early-modern and post-Reformation elites jostled to establish themselves by building and furnishing new, secular cathedrals. The product of almost two decades of research, and benefitting from close archival investigation, this book brings together an incredible array of unpublished sources that sheds new light on one of the most important chapters in London's architectural history, and on English architecture more broadly.
Main title:
London's 'golden mile' : the great houses of the Strand, 1550-1650 / Manolo Guerci.
Author:
Guerci, Manolo, author
Imprint:
London : Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 2021.
Collation:
336 pages : illustrations (black and white)
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781913107239 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
728.809421942.1
Language:
English
Subject:
Mansions -- England -- London -- History -- 16th centuryMansions -- England -- London -- History -- 17th centuryArchitecture, Domestic -- England -- London -- History -- 16th centuryArchitecture, Domestic -- England -- London -- History -- 17th centuryStrand, The (London, England) -- History -- 16th centuryStrand, The (London, England) -- History -- 17th centuryArchitecture and Planning
BRN:
1974440