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Edward McParland is an Irish architectural historian and author of several books, including James Gandon (1985) and Public Art in Ireland, 1680-1760 (2001). He was elected as Pro-Chancellor of University of Dublin, Trinity College in 2013. McParland is the co-founder of the Irish Architectural Archive which was established in 1976, and he has contributed extensively to architectural conservation in Ireland.
‘This is a very important book and one which is beautifully produced. It is hard to do justice to a work of a lifetime in a short review. Each chapter in this book could stand alone as a short monograph there is so much information crammed into each page and so many illustrations (over 300 of them) to help address the many questions the author poses. The author’s scholarly rigour is impeccable, his arguments and discussions clear and easy to follow, and his sources referenced in an extensive bibliography but it is his enthusiasm and love of his subject that shines through... Readers of the book will find themselves far better equipped in future to look for themselves and understand what they are seeing.’ - Karen Latimer, Perspective ‘Our surroundings, as McParland observes, are still permeated through and through by the Classical tradition, and he is absolutely right to point out that those surroundings are in fact a vast source for design freely available for us to use, if only we can be bothered to look and see’ – James Stevens Curl, The Critic ‘This must be one of the most enjoyable and enlightening books on architecture ever written. McParland has an enviably broad knowledge of the subject, and writes entertainingly and readably.’ - Peter Howell, The Art Newspaper
The Palace
From the Tudors to the Windsors,...
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