Gulielmus Ricardus Lethaby

Gulielmus Ricardus, vulgo William Richard Lethaby (Barnastapulae natus die 18 Ianuarii 1857; Bayswater in suburbio Londiniensi die 17 Iulii 1931 mortuus) fuit scriptor de principiis artis et architecturae. Ipse architectus aedificia pauca sed notabilia designavit. Inter principes fuit motús motus Artium Technarumque^{(en)(Arts and Crafts movement)}.

Filius sculptoris et inauratoris lignarii Ricardi Pyle Lethaby, tiro ab anno aetatis quindecimo iuxta architectos laboravit, primum Alexandrum Lauder in oppido nativo, deinde Ricardum Waite Derbia, atque decem annos ab 1879 Normannum Shaw. Ab 1889 ipse architectus operam dedit, aedificiis principalibus:

1891 : Avon Tyrrell^(en) oppidi Sopley Hantoniensis^[1]
1898 : Melsetter House^(de), cum sacello sanctorum Colmi et Margaritae, in insula Hoïa Orcadum^[2]
1898 : Aedes Eagle Insurance Company Birminghamiae^[3]
1901 : High Coxlease iuxta Lyndhurst Hantoniensis^[4]
1901 : Ecclesia Omnium Sanctorum ad Brockhampton^[5]

Ab anno 1896 Scholam centralem artium technarumque Londiniensem direxit. Anno 1901 professor designationis factus est apud Regale Collegium Artium. Ab 1906 mensor meruit Abbatiae Westmonasteriensis, de cuius historia librum eodem anno divulgavit titulo Westminster Abbey and the King's craftsmen: a study of mediaeval building. Operibus Augusti Pugin Ioannisque Ruskin et Gulielmi Morris incitata, scripta eius ad motum motus Artium Technarumque^{(en)(Arts and Crafts movement)} fovendum et ad architecturam artemque interpretandas concepta sunt.

Scripta

Melsetter House^(de)

Aedes olim Eagle Insurance Company Birminghamiae

1892 : Architecture, mysticism and myth. Londinii: Percival Textus apud Internet Archive
1893 : Leadwork, old and ornamental, and for the most part English. Londinii: Macmillan Textus apud Internet Archive
1893 : "Carpenters' furniture" in William Morris, ed., Arts and crafts essays by members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society (Londinii: Rivington)
1894 (cum Henrico Swainson) : The Church of St. Sophia, Constantinople; a study of Byzantine building. Novi Eboraci: Textus apud Internet Archive
1897 : "Of Beautiful Cities" in Art and life and the building and decoration of cities: a series of lectures by members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society (Londinii: Rivington)
1901 : Morris as work-master: a lecture delivered ... at the Birmingham Municipal School of Art. Londinii: John Hogg Textus apud Internet Archive
1902 : London before the Conquest. Londinii: Macmillan Textus apud Internet Archive
1904 (cum W. H. St. John Hope) : "The imagery and sculptures on the west front of Wells Cathedral Church" in Archaeologia vol. 59.
1906 : Westminster Abbey and the King's craftsmen: a study of mediaeval building. Londinii: Duckworth Textus apud Internet Archive
1908 : Greek buildings represented by fragments in the British Museum. Londinii: Batsford Textus apud Internet Archive
1912 : Architecture; an introduction to the history and theory of the art of building. Londinii: SWilliams and Norgate Textus apud Internet Archive
1912 : Medieval art, from the peace of the Church to the eve of the Renaissance, 312-1350. Londinii: Duckworth Textus apud Internet Archive
1917 : Art and labour: a reprint of two articles. Londinii: Design & Industries Association Textus apud Internet Archive
1921 "The town itself: a garden city is a town" in C. B. Purdom, ed., Town theory and practice (Londinii: Benn, 1921)
1922 : Form in civilization; collected papers on art & labour. Londinii: Oxford University Press Textus apud Internet Archive
1923 : Londinium : architecture and the crafts. Londinii: Duckworth Textus apud Internet Archive
1923 : Home and country arts. Londinii: Home and Country Textus apud Internet Archive
1932 : Art, handicraft and education. Leicestriae: Dryad Handicrafts Textus apud Internet Archive

Notae

↑ "Avon Tyrrell, Christchurch in Hampshire, The Seat of Lord Manners" in Country Life (11 Iunii 2010) De hac commentatione; "Avon Tyrrell House" apud British Listed Buildings
↑ Jacqueline Banerjee, "Melsetter House" et "Chapel of St Colm and St Margaret, Melsetter" apud Victorian Web
↑ Hart (2003); Jacqueline Banerjee, "The (former) Eagle Insurance Buildings, Birmingham" apud Victorian Web
↑ Gertrude Jekyll, Lawrence Weaver, Gardens for Small Country Houses (3a ed. Londinii: Country Life, 1914) pp. 13-16; Jacqueline Banerjee, "High Coxlease, Lyndhurst, Hampshire" apud Victorian Web; "Coxlease School, The Priory" apud Hampshire Gardens Trust
↑ Jacqueline Banerjee, "All Saints' Church, Brockhampton"

Bibliographia

Ecclesia Omnium Sanctorum ad Brockhampton

Ecclesia Omnium Sanctorum ad Brockhampton intus visa

Sylvia Backemeyer, Theresa Gronberg, edd., W.R. Lethaby, 1857-1931: Architecture, Design and Education. Londinii: Lund Humphries, 1984
Trevor Garnham, "William Lethaby and the Two Ways of Building" in Architectural Association Files no. 10 (1985) pp. 27-43
Mary Greensted, ed., An Anthology of the Arts and Crafts Movement: writings by Ashbee, Lethaby, Gimson and their contemporaries. Londinii: Lund Humphries, 2005
Vaughan Hart, "William Richard Lethaby and the 'Holy Spirit': A Reappraisal of the Eagle Insurance Company Building, Birmingham" in Architectural History vol. 46 (2003) pp. 145-158
John Kay, "W. R. Lethaby at the Central School" in William Morris Journal vol. 6 no. 3 (985) pp. 26-30
Fiona MacCarthy, "Lethaby, William Richard (1857–1931)" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography edd. H. C. G. Matthew, Brian Harrison (Oxonii: Oxford University Press, 2004) Situs venalis
Godfrey Rubens, William Richard Lethaby: His Life and Work. 1857-1931. Londinii: Architectural Press, 1986
Ray Watkinson, "Godfrey Rubens's Lethaby" (recensio operis Rubens 1986) in William Morris Journal vol. 7 no. 1 (1986) pp. 25-35

Nexus externi

Vicimedia Communia plura habent quae ad Gulielmum Ricardum Lethaby spectant.

"William Richard Lethaby (1857-1931)" apud Victorian Web (fons bibliographiae nostrae)

[1] "Avon Tyrrell, Christchurch in Hampshire, The Seat of Lord Manners" in Country Life (11 Iunii 2010) De hac commentatione; "Avon Tyrrell House" apud British Listed Buildings

[2] Jacqueline Banerjee, "Melsetter House" et "Chapel of St Colm and St Margaret, Melsetter" apud Victorian Web

[3] Hart (2003); Jacqueline Banerjee, "The (former) Eagle Insurance Buildings, Birmingham" apud Victorian Web

[4] Gertrude Jekyll, Lawrence Weaver, Gardens for Small Country Houses (3a ed. Londinii: Country Life, 1914) pp. 13-16; Jacqueline Banerjee, "High Coxlease, Lyndhurst, Hampshire" apud Victorian Web; "Coxlease School, The Priory" apud Hampshire Gardens Trust

[5] Jacqueline Banerjee, "All Saints' Church, Brockhampton"

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