Delusions of national grandeur : reflections on the intersection of architecture and history in the Palace of Westminster, 1789-1834

Author

Sawyer, Sean

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 2003, Vol. 13, 237-250, 4 ill.

ISSN

0080-4401

Abstract (en)

Examines the important but obscure late Georgian architectural history of the Palace of Westminster and attempts to put architectural developments in their historical contexts in order to gain insight into the dynamic relationship between public architecture, public policy and the public perception of the nation and its values. The substantial but lost work of the architects Sir John Soane and James Wyatt at the Palace form the core of the study. From this perspective, the design competition of 1835-1836 was not the beginning but the culmination of four decades of intense struggle over the form and meaning of architectural interventions at the Palace.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- United Kingdom
• Palace of Westminster (former)||London (GBR)
• Architecture
• History
• National identity
• Soane, John, 1753-1837
• Wyatt, James, 1746-1813
• Great Britain
• 1700-1900
• Competitions

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Architecture -- Royaume-Uni
• Palace of Westminster (anciennement)||London (GBR)
• Architecture
• Histoire
• Identité nationale
• Soane, John, 1753-1837
• Wyatt, James, 1746-1813
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1700-1900
• Concours

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00024041

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