The Edwardian Period and the Grand Manner Tradition

Bremner, A. (Invited speaker)

Edinburgh College of Art

Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk

Description

In this inaugural lecture, Alex will provide an overview of civic/state and commercial architecture from about c.1890-c.1920, with an emphasis on the Edwardian years. This is the ‘scene’ that preceded the interwar years. If there is one, relatively consistent quality that characterised civic and commercial architecture at this time it was the so-called ‘grand manner’, which was a term used at the time by the likes of Blomfield, Belcher, and Baker, among others.

Period	26 Jan 2023
Held at	British Architectural Library Trust, United States
Degree of Recognition	International

Keywords

architecture
empire
Grand Manner
Edwardian Baroque
Britain

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Following the successful Palladio webinar series, the BALT’s 2023 webinar series will feature discussions surrounding British Architecture in the early 20th century, with special attention paid to the interwar years. The lectures begin with an introduction to the Late Edwardian Period – a foundational period that predates the emergence of modernism in Britain – by Alex Bremner, professor of Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh. The series continues with presentations of two iconic architects of the time, Giles Gilbert Scott and Charles Holden, by Oxford professor David Lewis and art historian Elain Harwood respectively. The series will conclude with an exploration of the modernist movement by Alan Powers, a leading historian of the twentieth century British architecture, art, and design.

The Edwardian Period and the Grand Manner Tradition

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