Neoclassical and 19th century architecture

Description

This volume offers a complete survey of European architecture during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, examining in particular the influence of the cultural trends of the period on the architects' works. The first section of the book deals with the history of eighteenth-century architecture in France and England, countries where Cartesian-school philosophical speculation and Anglo-Saxon philosophical empiricism wielded a determining influence. After analyzing the developments of the classical tradition and its propagation throughout Europe, the book studies in depth the history of architectural movements, comprising neo-classicism, neo-Renaissance and neo-Gothic architecture. The outstanding, fore-running personalities of this brilliant artistic period who, in the course of the nineteenth century, offered fecund theoretic and stylistic contributions, include Gottfried Semper, John Ruskin and Eugene Viollet-le Duc.

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Other Editions

• Neoclassical and 19th century architectureAbrams1980-01-01
• Neoclassical and 19th century architectureAbrams1977-01-01
• Neoclassical and 19th century architectureFaber1987-01-01
• Neoclassical and 19th century architectureFaber1987-01-01
• Neoclassical and 19th Century Architecture / 1PaperbackElecta / Rizzoli1993-06-15
• Neoclassical and 19th Century Architecture / 2PaperbackElecta / Rizzoli1993-06-15