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James Elmes was born in London on the 15 th of October 1782.
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A Practical Treatise on Architectural Jurisprudence: In Which the Constitutions, Canons, Laws (Classic Reprint)
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A General and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts (Classic Reprint)
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In the present state of intellectual society, when theS overeign and theL egislature of the country are giving such splendid encouragement to the Fine A rts; when every class of the people is daily becoming more interested in their cultivation; when new societies for their encouragement are being established, and those already in existence are increasing; aD ictionary exclusively devoted to theL iterature of the Fine Arts is peculiarly necessary. Such a work has never before appeared in theE nglish language :and, although there are treatises in the French, I talian, and other modern languages, yet they are inapplicable in many requisites to theE nglish student, professor, or patron of theB ritish School of A rt. With the French the Fine Arts comprise not only Painting, Sculpture, A rchitecture, andE ngraving, but also poetry, music, and the dramatic art, which in England are separately classed among the Polite arts, as well as dancing, fencing, mimetic action, and other bodily accomplishments, which we do not admit into either. The Italians are more select in their arrangement, but their disquisitions rarely extend to theE nglish school, and are consequently defective in information concerning an important feature in modern art; as the time is now arrived when no treatise on the Fine Arts can be complete in which theE nglish school, its artists, its mode of practice, and its works are omitted. The present Work, therefore, professes to give in alphabetical order the essence of the best Treatises in theE nglish, the French, and the Italian languages, on the Theory and Practice of the Fine A rts, divested of all extraneous matter, and adapted to the present state of British Art and Literature. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Histor
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The Arts and Artists, Or, Anecdotes & Relics of the Schools of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture
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James Elmes
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Education
He was educated at Merchant Taylors' school, and, after studying building under his father, and architecture under George Gibson, became a student at the Royal Academy, where he gained the silver medal in 1804.
Career
He designed a large number of buildings in the metropolis, and was surveyor and civil engineer to the port of London, but is best known as a writer on the arts.
In 1809 he became vice-president of the Royal Architectural Society, but this office, as well as that of surveyor of the port of London, he was compelled through partial loss of sight to resign in 1828.
His publications were: Sir Christopher Wren and his Times (1823); Lectures on Architecture (1823); The Arts and Artists (1825); General and Biographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts (1826); Treatise on Architectural Jurisprudence (1827), and Thomas Clarkson: a Monograph (1854).
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A General and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts (Classic Reprint)
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A Practical Treatise on Architectural Jurisprudence: In Which the Constitutions, Canons, Laws (Classic Reprint)
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The Arts and Artists, Or, Anecdotes & Relics of the Schools of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture
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A General and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Fine Arts (Classic Reprint)
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