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Scotch Baronial
Architecture and National Identity in Scotland
Scotch Baronial
Architecture and National Identity in Scotland
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This book takes a timely look at how Scotland's national politics have been expressed in its buildings, exploring the role the architecture of Scotland – in particular its world-famous 'castle architecture' – has played the ongoing narrative of Scots national identity.
Scotch Baronial examines many of the country's most important historic buildings – from the palaces left behind by the 'lost' monarchy, to revivalist castles and proud town halls – examining their architectural styles and tracing their wildly fluctuating political and national connotations.
An introduction to a key episode in British architectural history, and a valuable resource for anyone studying the role of architecture in narratives of nationalism and empire globally, Scotch Baronial ends by bringing the story into the 21st century, exploring how contemporary 'neo-modernist' architecture in today's Scotland, as exemplified in the Holyrood parliament, relates to concepts of national identity in architecture over the previous centuries.
Table of Contents
Part I: Absent Monarchs and Civil Strife
Chapter 1: 1603-1660: Empty royal palaces and castellated court architecture
Chapter 2: 1660-1689: From restitution to rejection of the old order
Chapter 3: 1689-1750: The architecture of dynastic struggle
Part II: From 'Romantic Scotland' to 'Imperial Scotland'
Chapter 4: 1750-1790: Enlightenment and Romanticism
Chapter 5: 1790-1820: Scotland and England in the Age of Revolutionary War
Chapter 6: 1820-40: Scott, Abbotsford and 'Scotch' Romanticism
Chapter 7: 1840-70: Billings and Bryce: mid-century Baronial
Chapter 8: 1870-1900: Traditionalism
Chapter 9: External reflections: 'national' Scottish architecture and the empire
Part III: The Twentieth Century
Chapter 10: 1914 onwards: Scottish architectural identity in the age of Modernism
Conclusion: The architecture of Unionist Nationalism – and its international significance
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | Jan 28 2021 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 312 |
| ISBN | 9781350166165 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Visual Arts |
| Illustrations | 91 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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