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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdomen_US
dc.coverage.temporalbegun ca. 1772 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorCraig, Jamesen_US
dc.creatorBarry, Jamesen_US
dc.date1772en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-03T14:45:42Z
dc.date.available2013-10-03T14:45:42Z
dc.date.issued1772en_US
dc.identifier237081en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2696en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/144832
dc.descriptionScott Monument at left and the two equestrian monuments at the west end of the square, looking south towards Queen St.; George Square is the principal civic square in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is named after King George III. George Square was laid out in 1781, part of the innovative Georgian central grid plan that initially spanned from Stockwell Street east to Buchanan Street. This grid masterplan across the lands of Meadowflats and eventually as far west as Blythswood Hill, was largely the work of the notable contemporary architects James Barry, James Craig and James Gillespie Graham. Although not executed, Barry’s ideas (the earliest plan commissioned by the Corporation, 1772) seem to have inspired the grid of streets centered on a large square (George Square). Today the east side of the square is dominated by the ornate Glasgow City Chambers. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 8/2/2012)en_US
dc.format.mediumstoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcityscapeen_US
dc.subjectCity planningen_US
dc.subjectpublic arten_US
dc.subjectpublic sculptureen_US
dc.subjectGeorgianen_US
dc.subjectEighteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.titleGlasgow, George Squareen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-SC-G-GS-A3en_US
vra.culturalContextBritish Scottish (Scots)en_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypememorial columnen_US
vra.worktypesquare (open space)en_US
vra.worktypesculpture (visual work)en_US
dc.contributor.displayJames Barry (British architect, active ca. 1772-1789); James Craig (British architect, 1744-1795)en_US


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