Synopses & Reviews
British architect George Frederick Bodley (1827and#150;1907) fundamentally shaped the architecture, art, and design of the Anglican Church throughout England and the world; his work survives in the United States, Australia, India, and Italy, as well as the United Kingdom. This important book is the first to explore the life and work of this major Gothic Revival architect, a man with an evolving outlook on style and aesthetics who believed that every element of a building must be part of an integrated design strategy. A close colleague of William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, Bodley was the first major patron of Morrisand#8217;s stained glass and, like Morris, was an accomplished textile and wallpaper designer. In 1874 Bodley founded Watts and Companyand#151;now celebrating its 140th anniversaryand#151;to manufacture ecclesiastical vestments, textiles, and wallpapers. In a seamless blend of architectural, art, and church history, this lavish volume features over 200 illustrations and offers impeccable scholarship on the work of an influential visionary of Victorian design.
Review
and#39;George Frederick Bodley was the finest and most consistent practitioner of High Victorian Gothic architecture, and as such he richly merits this scholarly, well-illustrated and beautifully produced monograph. . .Hall gives us a vivid portrait of this spirited porcupine, analysing his principles and his undeviating pursuit of beauty (as he saw it). . .This is a great book to honour a great architect.andrsquo;andmdash;Peyton Skipwith,
Literary ReviewReview
andlsquo;Michael Hall and Yale have combined to give him the magnificent tombstone tomb he deserves, academically disciplined, enthusiastically argued, flatteringly illustrated, merrily readable about his life as well as his art, his many pupils and assistants the subject of a useful appendixandhellip; I suspect this is a great book; it is certainly the surprise of the year.andrsquo;andmdash;Brian Sewell,
Evening Standard.
Synopsis
With impeccable scholarship and over 200 illustrations, this lavish volume is the first book to examine the work of an influential and visionary architect of Gothic Revival and Victorian design.
About the Author
Michael Hall is a noted architectural historian and the author of several books on Victorian architecture and the Gothic Revival.