by walklondonadming | Aug 20, 2019 | Art & Design Tours Courses
Wren’s City of London churches, visiting several of his buildings that defined the English Baroque style of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, following the destruction of the city in the Great Fire of London in 1666. Of the original 52 churches built by Sir...
by walklondonadming | Aug 20, 2019 | Art & Design Tours Courses
A tour on foot and by public transport that examines the impact of Art Deco on architecture and design in 1930s London. We will visit several buildings that encapsulate the style embracing the clean classical lines of Modernisme. The buildings include the former...
by walklondonadming | Aug 20, 2019 | Art & Design Tours Courses
There are a number of famous London residents whose legacy is commemorated in public sculpture. These include Sir Winston Churchill, Oscar Wilde, Agatha Christie, Sir Thomas More, William Shakespeare, and John Wesley, to name but a few. After visiting some of these...
by walklondonadming | Aug 20, 2019 | Art & Design Tours Courses
Art Nouveau had a profound influence on European art and design at the turn of the nineteenth century. Its genesis was in Paris but there are a number of antecedents to the style in British Arts and Crafts. However the full-blown style with its decorative and...
by walklondonadming | Aug 20, 2019 | Architectural Tours, Walking tours
Today, London is a strange mix of old and new buildings often juxtaposed on adjoining sites. This is the result of modernisation, and rebuilding after The Great Fire of London in 1666 and the bombing Blitz during the Second World. There are a number of personally...