{"product_id":"the-master-builder-william-butterfield-and-his-times-1848223714","title":"The Master Builder: William Butterfield and his Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1848223714\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Olsberg, Nicholas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Butterfield was the most daring, rigorous, and brilliant architect of his age, whose 60-year practice spanned the entire Victorian era, and whose major works are found from the Firth of Clyde and shores of Belfast to the hills of Dublin and the cliffs of Cardiff and Devon. This book addresses the emergence of a modern society, its expansive institutions, and its changing moral code, exploring how Butterfield responded to and advanced that transformation in the national life. It reflects the changing emphasis of Butterfields work: first, the revival, rebuilding, and reform of the country parish; then the place of the church and the agents of social health in the burgeoning town and city; third, the quiet revolution in secondary education and college life; and finally, sites of refuge, sanctuary, repose, and remembrance. Drawing extensively on the literature and discourse of the time, each chapter discusses a societal shift and surveys Butterfields most important architectural contributions. The chapters are followed by portfolios of photographs and extraordinary sets of coloured contract drawings of projects selected to show the originality, conviction, and variety of Butterfields designs. Woven through the book are characterisations of the often colourful men and women who were Butterfields patrons and associates, including Gladstone, Pusey, Nightingale, and such lesser known but equally crucial figures as Frederick Temple, Mother Matilda Blanche Gibbs, the writer Charlotte Yonge, and a score of reforming vicars, from the pious William Butler to the radical eccentric Edward Monro.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67997361406240,"sku":"NEW1848223714","price":109.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71I_TsnQXsL.jpg?v=1793041635","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-master-builder-william-butterfield-and-his-times-1848223714","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}