Overview

George Dance (1741-1825) was a pioneering architect who designed the first Neo-Classical building in England (All Hallows, London Wall) as well as the first Indian-style elevation (the City of London's Guildhall), introduced the circus and crescent to London town planning, invented the ammonite capital, designed a prototype art gallery and made early use of structural iron and other technical innovations. As architect to the City of London and a founding member of the Royal Academy, Dance was an establishment figure and yet was considered by his contemporaries as a 'poet architect' who spoke of an 'Architecture unshackled'. The designs at the Soane Museum include drawings made during Dance's six years in Rome, designs for churches, monuments, prisons, a major hospital, town houses and country houses as well as an art gallery, bank, law court, library, museum, and anatomy theatre. His important role as a town planner and structural innovator is well illustrated and so is his skill as decorator and even garden designer. Dance's eloquent buildings, which include the strikingly austere Newgate Prison, as well as his use of daylight, canopy domes, stripped forms and decoration had a powerful influence on his protege John Soane, who acquired his master's drawings in 1836. They remain in Sir John Soane's Museum, an invaluable record of an exceptional architect. The catalogue also includes the drawings of the elder George Dance (1695-1768), architect to the City of London for more than 40 years. His major building, the Mansion House, is unusually well documented and is catalogued here by Sally Jeffery.

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Author:   Jill Rosemary Lever (, Independent architectural historian)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 25.80cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 33.80cm
Weight:   3.245kg
ISBN:  

9781898592259

ISBN 10:   189859225
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   22 January 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword Preface General bibliography (including Dance the Elder) GEORGE DANCE THE YOUNGER (1741-1825) Biography Portraits Provenance of the Dance drawings in the Soane Museum Colour plates Juvenilia (c.1757-8) Italy (1759-64) Churches Mausolea and Monuments Prisons, courts, and a lunatic hospital Town planning and London Bridge Some work in the City of London Public buildings London houses Country houses Dance and Soane Roof trusses Unidentified designs for a capital, fittings, a dining room, and stables Satirical, portrait, and other drawings Drawings and prints in Dance's collection Appendices GEORGE DANCE THE ELDER (1695-1768) Biography Designs by George Dance the Elder Drawings and prints in Dance the Elder's Collection Mansion House, City of London, catalogue by Sally Jeffery CONCORDANCES INDEX

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In the pages of this exemplary catalogue we can examine Dance's architectural practice in all its diversity ... This catalogue is an impressive testimony to Lever's scholarship, her discerning eye and, on frequent occasions, her forensic skills. Burlington Magazine

In the pages of this exemplary catalogue we can examine Dance's architectural practice in all its diversity ... This catalogue is an impressive testimony to Lever's scholarship, her discerning eye and, on frequent occasions, her forensic skills. * Burlington Magazine *

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