PhilipWebb:PioneerofArts&CraftsArchitecture[P·韦布：工艺美术建筑论]

ThisisthedefinitivebookonPhilipWebb(1831–1915),akeyfigureintheArtsandCraftsmovementandaleadingmemberofthePre–Raphaelitecircle,whohassinceemergedasoneofthemostimportantarchitectsofthenineteenthcentury.ItprovidesacomprehensiveaccountofWebb’sdesignphilosophy,hisarchitecturalworkandhisinfluence,whilealsotellinghisfascinatinglifestory.Combiningarchitecturalhistoryandbiography,thecompellingnarrativegivesafullpictureofthecharacterofthisextraordinaryman–amanknownforhisabsoluteintegrity,whoshunnedpublicitybutneverthelessattractedclientsofhighstatusandcametobeoneofthemostsignificantarchitecturalinnovatorsofhisage.InterspersedwithvividdescriptionsofWebb’sbuildings,itcovershisrelationshipswithhisclients,contractorsandartisticcontemporaries.TheseincludehisclosefriendsintheArtsandCraftsmovement,WilliamMorris,EdwardBurne–Jones,andDanteGabrielRossetti,whowerealsothreeofhisfellowpartnersintheinteriordecoratingandfurnishingbusiness,Morris,Marshall,Faulkner&Co..AswellascoveringWebb’sworkforthefirm,thebookincludeshisinvolvementwiththeSocietyfortheProtectionofAncientBuildings,whichhehelpedMorristofound,andforwhichhedevelopedinfluentialmethodsofrepairingbuildingsunobtrusively.Duringthelatertwentiethcentury,WebbwascitedasapioneerofModernMovementarchitecture.ThisobscuredtheextentofhisinfluenceonArtsandCraftsarchitecture,whichwasacknowledgedduringhisactuallifetime.Aimedatthewiderpublic,aswellastheacademicworld,thisisthefirstpublicationtoincludeasystematicanddetailedanalysisofWebb’sphilosophyandallhiswork.ItislavishlyillustratedwithnewphotographybyMartinCharles,andplans,drawings,andarchivephotographs,whicharebroughttogetherforthefirsttime.