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Ayres, James Eyvind was born on June 10, 1939 in London. Son of Arthur James John and Elsa Grönvold Ayres.
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Detailed item info Product Identifiers ISBN-10 050023308X ISBN-13 9780500233085 Key Details Author James Ayres Number Of Pages 168 pages Publication Date 1980-01-01 Language English Publisher Thames & Hudson Additional Details Copyright Date 1980 Illustrated Yes
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(Although the interiors of aristocratic homes have receive...)
Although the interiors of aristocratic homes have received much attention, there has been little written about how the interiors of middle-class homes evolved through the ages. In this study, James Ayres traces the development - in words and pictures - of vernacular British interiors from the 16th to the mid-19th century. The work is a greatly expanded and revised version of Ayres' earlier work "The Book of the Home", and deals with a wide range of subjects, including heating and lighting, the use of colour and paint, details of doors, doorways and staircases, and much more. Ayres tells us, for example, that in Tudor England, glazed windows, door locks and floorboards were not simply considered to be fixtures in a middle-class home because of their expense, and it was only after such features became prevalent that these interiors grew more decorative and lavish. In pre-industrial Britain, textiles and printed wallpaper were used sparingly because of their cost, and colours and patterns were introduced through painted floors, ceilings, furniture and stencilled walls. People also took advantage of what was nearby; homes in the south-east, for example, made use of the cast and wrought iron products of Kent and Sussex, and those in Devon had locally-made earthenware fire-backs and firedogs. Ayres offers a mosaic that provides a vivid picture of the smaller domestic dwellings of the past. Embellished with early illustrations and the author's own line drawings and photographs, the work provides evidence for the treatment of historic interiors and inspiration for schemes of decoration today.
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Georgian architecture had its roots in the Great Fire of London in 1666. Out of that disaster grew the need for rapid redevelopment which was accomplished through standardization and the relaxation of restrictive practices in the building trades. This book investigates the decline in crafted buildings of the traditional client economies and the introduction of mass produced components which characterizeed an emerging consumerism. It is an approach which offers insights into our architectural heritiage by focusing on the traditions and innovations in the building methods of the time - the construction processes, the role of the building craftsmen, and the tools and materials they used. James Ayres describes how builders in London developed the terraced house and town centre building systems which influenced the architecture of Bath, Edinburgh, Dublin and distant Philadelphia. He takes us through the building processes craft by craft, from the work of the surveyors and labourers who established the foundations to the joiners and painters who finished the interiors. Ayres outlines the ways in which forms do not only follow functions but are also conditioned by materials and methods. He describes how, with the burgeoning industrialization of the second half of the 18th century, a separation emerged between making and designing, a division which led to the decline of the craftsman as designer. This led to a shift in power, a move from the empirical understanding of those involved in the processes of making to the theoretically based activities of architects.
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Ayres, James Eyvind was born on June 10, 1939 in London. Son of Arthur James John and Elsa Grönvold Ayres.
National Diploma Design, London University, 1960. Art Teachers Degree, London University, 1961. Diploma, Royal Academy Schools, London, 1964.
Curator John Judkyn Memorial, Bath, England, 1966-1974, director England, 1974-1901. Founding Chairman.Bldg. Bath Museum, 1989—1992.
Chairman Touring Exhibition Group United Kingdom, 1994—1998. Honorary curator Benjamin Franklin House, London, since 1994. Curator Bicentennial Exhibition, American Embassy, London, 1976.
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Trustee Bath Preservation Trust, since 1986. Fellow: Society Antiquaries. Member: International Council on Monuments and Sites (committee member since 1996).
Married Annabel Jane Crowther, November 20, 1971. Children: Peter James, Alice Elsa.