Name: Grotesque Architecture; Or, Rural Amusement; Consisting Of Plans, Elevations, And Sections, For Huts, Retreats, Summer And Winter Hermitages, Terminar (en Inglés)
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Author: Wrighte, William
ISBN: 9789371344807

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Grotesque Architecture; Or, Rural Amusement; Consisting Of Plans, Elevations, And Sections, For Huts, Retreats, Summer And Winter Hermitages, Terminar (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

Editorial

Alpha Edition

Autor

Wrighte, William

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.9x15.2x0.2 cm

ISBN13

9789371344807

Grotesque Architecture; Or, Rural Amusement; Consisting Of Plans, Elevations, And Sections, For Huts, Retreats, Summer And Winter Hermitages, Terminar (en Inglés)

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A forgotten manual of wonder resurrected Grotesque Architecture returns to print after decades of absence, lovingly restored by Alpha Editions for designers, collectors, and dreamers. Part pattern book, part Romantic imagination, this volume by William Wrighte presents 28 inventive architectural plans, elevations, and sections for rural amusement: summer and winter hermitages, Chinese and Gothic grottos, natural grottos design, cascades, baths, moresque pavilions, rustic seats and green houses. Each plate is paired with practical instruction on executing architectural designs using humble materials flint and stone structures, irregular stones, branches, and roots making it a rare handbook of both aesthetic daring and vernacular technique. Historically significant and delightfully eccentric, Grotesque Architecture captures an 18th 19th-century impulse to create theatrical, intimate landscapes that blur artifice and nature. This edition restores original engravings and explanatory text, adding careful preservation work so the visionary William Wrighte designs speak clearly to today s readers. Perfect for architects, landscape designers, classic literature collectors, and anyone curious about unique architectural retreats, this is more than a reprint it s a cultural treasure and collector s item. Whether you seek inspiration for rustic seats and green houses or study architectural elevations and sections as historical craft, this revived masterpiece offers practical guidance and poetic provocation in equal measure. Rediscover an eccentric classic of grotesque architecture and rural amusement, now reborn for future generations.