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7 de nov. de 2006 · Edward William Godwin (1835-1886) was born in Bristol, the son of a prosperous currier and leather cutter; after being educated at Exton School, Highbury, London, he returned to Bristol and was articled to William Armstrong, City Surveyor, Architect and Civil Engineer -- with the emphasis very much on the "engineer."
16 de ene. de 2000 · William Godwin (1756–1836) was the founder of philosophical anarchism. In his An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1793) he argued that government is a corrupting force in society, perpetuating dependence and ignorance, but that it will be rendered increasingly unnecessary and powerless by the gradual spread of knowledge and the expansion of the human understanding.
Godwin, Edward William (1833–86). English architect, designer, and writer, from Bristol, who received his early training under William Armstrong (d. 1858). In 1856 he joined his brother Joseph Lucas Godwin, civil engineer, in the North of Ireland , and designed three RC churches whilst there, all Gothic , and all in Co. Donegal.
This table, designed by Edward William Godwin around 1872, demonstrates the ideals characteristic of the Aesthetic movement in Britain from the 1860s to 1880s. The overall composition of the table, with its attenuated lines and asymmetrical organization of stretchers and posts, creates a rhythm of horizontal and vertical elements that echo Asian as well as traditional English influences.
Sideboard (Edward William Godwin) This sideboard was designed by Edward William Godwin (1833–1886), who was one of the most important exponents of Victorian Japonisme or Anglo-Japanese style, the appropriation of Japanese artistic styles. Japan began trading with the West in the 1850s, and by the next decade imported Japanese ukiyo-e prints ...
English architect, designer, and writer, from Bristol, who received his early training under William Armstrong (d. 1858). In 1856 he joined his brother Joseph Lucas Godwin, civil engineer, in the North of Ireland, and designed three RC churches whilst there, all Gothic, and all in Co. Donegal. They are at St Johnstown (1857–60 ...
24 de abr. de 2024 · The majority of readers are more curious about persons than concerned for the things they created.”15 Harbron’s book, The Conscious Stone: The Life of Edward William Godwin (1949), went some way toward setting the record straight and identifying the range of Godwin’s achievements, but it did not have the authority of a monograph such as Thomas Howarth’s Charles Rennie Mackintosh and ...
