GREAT EXHIBITION INTERIOR VIEW OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION BUILDING IN HYDE-PARK, LOOKING EASTBiblio.com
1851 : Great Exhibition. Interior View of the Great Exhibition Building in Hyde-Park Looking East. An original double page view from The Builder. An Illustrated Weekly Magazine for the Architect Engineer Archaeologist Constructor & Art-Lover
1851Best.-Nr. 375872The Builder London 1851. Unframed Print. Fine Condition. A double sheet print image area approx. 29 x 38 cms. Folded as issued. A very clean and appealing view. The 1851 Builder double-page engraving of the Great Exhibition interior looking east down Joseph Paxton's immense glass-and-iron nave captures one of the most celebrated architectural spaces of the nineteenth century. The view shows the building at its most impressive: a soaring transparent hall nearly a third of a mile long its iron ribs marching in perfect rhythm its galleries alive with exhibits machinery sculpture and the movement of visitors from every nation. Paxton's design adapted from his Chatsworth conservatory work was revolutionary. The entire structure was modular prefabricated and erected in mere months its lightness and clarity unlike anything London had seen. The interior perspective emphasises the building's unbroken sight-lines the great elm trees incorporated into the transept and the extraordinary luminosity created by acres of plate glass. It was a triumph of industrialised construction and a defining moment in Victorian architectural confidence. The illustrations found in leading architectural journals of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries such as The Builder Building News and The Architect are masterpieces of visual craftsmanship. These illustrations capture the elegance intricacy and stylistic flair of the periodÔÇÖs architecture. Rich in ornamental detail and atmospheric depth they reflect not only the buildings themselves but the artistic sensibilities and design discourse of their age. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAGE FROM THE JOURNAL PRINTED AT THE DATE SHOWN IN THE TITLE NOT A REPRINT OR COPY. Size: 33 x 41 cms. Category: Builder & Building News; PRINTS : Buildings & Places; New Arrivals; Unframed Prints : Old. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. The Builder unknown
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