John Soane, Architect: Master of Space and Light

The Essays In This Text Demonstrate The Two Dominant Qualities That Run Through Soane's Work: His Handling Of Space (primarily His Interiors); And The Evolution Of His Abstracted Linear Style. His Life And Public Role Is Also Considered. Sponsor's Preface -- President's Foreword -- Exhibition Organisation -- Acknowledgements And Lenders To The Exhibition -- Soane: The Man And His Circle / Gillian Darley -- Soane's Spaces And The Matter Of Fragmentation / Robin Middleton -- Soane: The Royal Academician And The Public Realm / David Watkin -- Soane's Legacy / Margaret Richardson -- 'wall, Ceiling, Enclosure And Light': Soane's Designs For Domes / Christopher Woodward -- Soane: The Pragmatic Architect / Ptolemy Dean -- Beginnings And Early Training / Gillian Darley -- A Royal Academy Student In Architecture / Nicholas Savage -- The Grand Tour / Gillian Darley -- Early Practice: Country Houses And The Primitive / Ptolemy Dean -- Wimpole Hall / Christopher Woodward -- Tyringham / Margaret Richardson -- Pitzhanger Manor / Heather Ewing -- The Soane Family Tomb / Christopher Woodward -- Pell Wall / John Wibberley, Barry Clayton -- The Bank Of England / Daniel Abramson -- The Processional Route / Sean Sawyer -- Freemasons' Hall / David Watkin -- The Law Courts / Sean Sawyer -- Imaginative Compositions / Margaret Richardson -- Chronology -- Chronological List Of Soane's Building Projects -- Bibliography -- Glossary --index -- Photographic Acknowledgements. Edited By Margaret Richardson And Maryanne Stevens. Published On The Occasion Of An Exhibition Held At The Royal Academy Of Arts, London, Sept. 11-dec. 3, 1999. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 289-291) And Index.