| Description |
xvi, 249 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. On Discovering 'Greek' Thomson / John Summerson -- 2. In Search of Purity: Glasgow 1849-56 / Charles McKean -- 3. The Development of Thomson's Style: The Scottish Background / David M. Walker -- 4. 'Greek' Thomson's Literary and Pictorial Sources / James Macaulay -- 5. Thomson's Architectural Theory / Sam McKinstry -- 6. Thomson and Schleiermacher / Sam McKinstry and Jane Plenderleith -- 7. Thomson, Mossman and Architectural Sculpture / Alexander Stoddart -- 8. Thomson's City / John McKean -- 9. Exploring the Wall: The Urban Facades of Alexander Thomson / Mark Baines -- 10. Alexander Thomson and the Glasgow Improvement Scheme / Brian Edwards -- 11. Domestic Interiors / Ian Gow -- 12. Alexander Thomson's Furniture / Juliet Kinchin -- 13. Alexander Thomson, Daniel Cottier and the Interior of Queen's Park Church / Sally Joyce Rush -- 14. The German Connection / David Watkin -- 15. An American Forerunner? Minard Lafever and Alexander Thomson / Andor Gomme and Gavin Stamp |
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16. Frontiers of the West - Glasgow and Chicago: The Pioneering Architectures of Thomson, Mackintosh and Wright / Andrew Macmillan -- 17. A View from the Bay Window / Gavin Stamp |
| Analysis |
Architecture |
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Scotland |
| Notes |
Published in paperback in 1999; [24 cm.] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-244) and index |
| Subject |
Thomson, Alexander, 1817-1875 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Thomson, Alexander, 1817-1875.
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Architects -- Scotland.
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Architecture -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
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Greek revival (Architecture) -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
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| SUBJECT |
Glasgow (Scotland) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81039926 -- Buildings, structures, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004820
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| Author |
McKinstry, Sam.
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Stamp, Gavin.
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| LC no. |
95128904 |
| ISBN |
0748604804 |
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0748613455 (paperback) |
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