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The tyranny of taste : the politics of architecture and design in Britain 1550-1960 /

By: Lubbock, Jules.
Publisher: New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for British Art by Yale University Press, 1995Description: xv, 413 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0300058896; 9780300058895 :.Subject(s): Design -- Political aspects -- Great Britain | Design -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain | Aesthetics, British | Art and society -- Great Britain | Architecture -- Great Britain | City planning -- Great Britain | Architecture | Great BritainDDC classification: 720.1 Summary: How do countries acquire their distinctive features and appearance, their look or style? Focusing on Britain, with its characteristic terraced houses, Georgian squares and postwar slab blocks, this text discusses the ideas, policies and motivations of designers and commentators from 1550 to 1960.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 370-395) and index.

How do countries acquire their distinctive features and appearance, their look or style? Focusing on Britain, with its characteristic terraced houses, Georgian squares and postwar slab blocks, this text discusses the ideas, policies and motivations of designers and commentators from 1550 to 1960.

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