The architecture of Scotland, 1660-1750 /edited by Louisa Humm, John Lowrey and Aonghus MacKechnie.
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 642 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- The Architecture of Scotland, 1660-1750 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Tables -- 01 Part I Setting the Scene -- 02 Introduction -- 03 1 The Shaping of Early Modern Scotland Political Economy and the Shaping of Early Modern Scotland -- 04 Part II Classicism and the Castle -- 05 2 The Paired Columned Entrance of Holyroodhouse as a Solomonic Signifier -- 06 3 Exiting Europe? The Royal Works in the Age of 1689 Revolution and 1707 Union -- 07 4 Sir William Bruce: Classicism and the Castle 08 5 A Classic Looks at the Gothic: Sir John Clerk, Ruins and Romance -- 09 Part III The Business of Building, Trades, Materials and Pattern Books -- 10 6 Scottish Ironwork, 1670-1730 -- 11 7 Thomas Albourn, William Bruce's Plasterer -- 12 8 The Roof Structure of George Heriot's Hospital Chapel -- 13 9 Colen Campbell, James Gibbs and Sir John Vanbrugh -- 14 Part IV The Country House -- 15 10 The Architectural Innovations of Mr James Smith of Whitehill -- 16 11 The Duchess of Buccleuch Returns to Dalkeith Palace From England to Scotland in 1701 17 12 Women Patrons and Designers in Early-Eighteenth-Century Scotland -- 18 13 Architectural Works by Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun -- 19 14 Mannerism in the Work of John Douglas in Eighteenth-century Scotland -- 20 Part V Gardens -- 21 15 'The Inexpressible Need of Inclosing and Planting' -- 22 16 The Terraced Garden in Scotland in the Seventeenth Century -- 23 17 Alexander Edward's European Tour, 1701-2 -- 24 18 William Adam and Formal Landscape Design in Scotland, 1720-45 -- 25 19 An Arcadian Retreat at Arniston? William Adam and Antiquity: an Arcadian Retreat at Arniston? 26 Part VI Urban Architecture -- 27 20 Town Housing and Planning -- 28 21 Interpretation of European Classicism -- 29 22 Edinburgh and Venice -- 30 23 Living Horizontally: the Origin of the Tenement in Paris and Edinburgh -- 31 24 William Adam's Public Buildings -- 32 Part VII Conclusion -- 33 25 Was Scotland a 'Narrow Place'? -- Notes -- Index.
This architectural survey covers one of Scotland's most important periods of political and architectural change when mainstream European classicism became embedded as the cultural norm. Typologically, the book is broad in scope, covering the architecture and design of country estate and also the urban scene in the era before Edinburgh New Town.