The Master Builder scholars and art-market experts

scholars and art-market experts

Despite the fact that her oeuvre is securely attributed and thoroughly catalogued

both art historical and more broadly cultural

with rapidly expanding new institutions and a changing moral code and explores how Butterfield responded to and advanced that transformation

light and shade

The Master Builder scholars and art-market expertsWilliam Butterfield was the most daring, rigorous and brilliant architect of his age, whose 60 year practice spanned the entire Victorian era. This book addresses the emergence of a modern society, with rapidly expanding new institutions and a changing moral code and explores how Butterfield responded to and advanced that transformation. It reflects the changing emphasis of Butterfields work: first, the revival, rebuilding and reform of the country