History of the Built Environment I (ID 108)

Covers period styles from the 17th century to the present day. Available through Fairchild Books ID Library (login required).

Covers artistic movements in Medieval and Early Renaissance England, including architecture, sculpture, murals, paintings, manuscript illuminations, textiles, and more, including art by English artists as well as by foreign artists commissioned by English patrons. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Covers English painting from 1730 through the 19th century. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Includes color and black-and-white photographs, illustrations, drawings, and plans. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Includes color photographs of the interiors and exteriors of significant buildings in Cambridge. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Particular attention is paid to art of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, with black and white illustrations throughout. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Explores the life of Queen Anne in the cultural context of her arts patronage, showing how poets, painters, musicians, and architects, including Christopher Wren, used the works they made for Anne to send overt and covert political messages to the queen, the court, the church, and Parliament. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Features interiors, furnishings and ornamentation, with color photographs

Includes photographs of antique furniture, illustrations of period interiors, drawings from cabinetmakers' pattern books, and contemporary interiors that incorporate antique furniture. Covers William & Mary, Queen Anne, Palladian, Rococo, Neoclassical, Adam, and Regency styles.

Highlights patterns used in British textiles, with color photographs

Architectural details from British country houses in styles from medieval to Art Deco