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Sir John Summerson discusses Batty Langley's influence on eighteenth century craftsmen and architecture.
Sir John Summerson discusses Batty Langley's influence on eighteenth century craftsmen and architecture.
| Module code and title: | A204, The Enlightenment |
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| Item code: | A204; 06 |
| Recording date: | 1979-05-25 |
| First transmission date: | 18-03-1980 |
| Published: | 1980 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:19:01 |
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| Producer: | Roger Thompson |
| Contributor: | John Summerson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Craftsmen; Five orders; Gothic architecture; Pattern books |
| Footage description: | Sir John Summerson discusses Batty Langley's influence on eighteenth century craftsmen and architecture. He looks briefly at his life and in detail at the aims and content of ten of his books. In particular. Sir John discusses the importance of The Builder's Chest Book in giving a firm grounding in the five Orders, The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs for its pattern-book designs which are to be found surviving in quite modest houses all over the country and Gothic Architecture Improved by Rules and Proportions for Batty's complete idiosyncratic system of Gothic designing which was perhaps his greatest success. |
| Master spool number: | TLN21950H819 |
| Production number: | TLN21950H819 |
| Available to public: | no |
