The Museum Building of Trinity College Dublin: A model of Victorian craftsmanship [Hardcover]

This volume addresses the most influential Victorian building in the city of Dublin and explores the new standard which it set in the use of Irish decorative stone, the employment of native craftsmen and the unprecedented eclecticism of its design. The geology, quarrying, building, carving and architectural design which created this spectacular structure are explored in a series of papers by established scholars and experts in the field. The book is richly illustrated in full colour to capture the sumptuous polychromy of the building and the profuse detail of its carved ornament.Christine Casey is professor in architectural history, Trinity College Dublin. She is a fellow of Trinity College Dublin and has published extensively on architectural history.Patrick Wyse Jackson is associate professor in geology and head of the School of Earth Sciences, Trinity College Dublin. He is a fellow of Trinity College Dublin and has published extensively on architectural history and geologyThis volume addresses the most influential Victorian building in the city of Dublin and is richly illustrated in full colour to capture the sumptuous polychromy of the building and the profuse detail of its carved ornament.