Rosemary Hill, God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain.(Book review)

Manitoba History | June 1, 2008| | Copyright

Rosemary Hill, God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain Toronto: Allen Lane, 2007, 624 pages, ISBN 9780713994995, $40.00 (hardback)

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Some seventy years ago, M. S. Osborne, writing on the architectural heritage of Manitoba, noted its eclectic and derivative qualities. For the period 1880 to 1914 in particular, the main influences were mainly modified English and French styles in domestic and sacred structures but somewhat broader in range for commercial buildings. (1) Since the "Great War", a richer set of influences ...

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