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it has an unrivalled consistency of argument ... this book makes a substantial contribution to present knowledge and provides a clear window on the one art form you cannot ignore.
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This comprehensive examination of eighteenth and nineteenth-century architecture explores its extreme diversity within the context of tremendous social, economic and political upheaval. Bergdolls offers a penetrating analysis of the very ways issues of style functioned to make architecture one of the most vitally experimental of art forms in a period of sweeping political, social, and economic change. Never before had the functional requirements and expressive capacities of architecturebeen tested so thoroughly and with such diversity of invention. Bergdoll traces this experimentation in a broad range of contexts, focusing in particular on the relation of architectural design to new theories of history, new categories of scientific inquiry, and the broadening audience for architecture in this period of transformation. Unlike traditional surveys with long lists of buildings and architects, the themes are elucidated by in-depth coverage of key buildings which in turn are situated in both their local and European context.
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In the mid-eighteenth century, antiquity was upheld as a standard for architecture as never before. Read the first page
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'epistemology',
By Joong Won Lee "Joongwon" (Cambridge, MA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: European Architecture 1750-1890 (Paperback)
Bergdoll's book is by far the best book available in bookstores. (I mean among recent theoretical books in architecture section.) He guides us epistemologically to the roots of Enlightenment Architecture. It's not a chronological ordering of historical events. Rather, Bergdoll rigorously endeavors to seek the underlying influences and principles that have formalized such enterprise. As Mark Wigley once mentioned in his article 'The Translation of Architecture.', Bergdoll is a great translator of interpreting the presence (original works) in representational form. In so doing (=translating), Bergdoll perfects and enlivens the presence, which otherwise would have been fossilized.
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How it all started - A Terrific Introduction to 19th century and Modern Architecture,
By Hrrm. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: European Architecture 1750-1890 (Paperback)
A clear yet sophisticated introduction. Most undergraduate architectural surveys are organized around either time periods or themes. Chronological approaches tend to be linear and concentrate on form, thematic approaches on overlapping phenomena and the history of ideas. Professor Bergdoll's book ably does both. It combines a complex yet lucid historical narrative with excursions into the history of ideas, developing social and political forces, and the development of new aesthetic and formal problems. Greatest hits include Somerset House, The Crystal Palace, French and English train stations, The Red House, German Romantic Monuments and Rundbogenstil buildings, The Eiffel Tower. The range of topics and the depth of treatment makes this a valuable undergraduate text and though challenging a good text for the architect and fans of architecture.
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History of architecture,
By RandMan "randman5000" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: European Architecture 1750-1890 (Paperback)
this book must be read with Modern Architecture by Oxford in order to understand the history of architecture. This book covers the must needed areas of the field including, the hut to Palladio, and others up until the rise of modernism, where incidently the book Modern Architecture takes over. I recommend this book in concordance to that book and for the architecture student whether for class or not.
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Good for Architecture Class,
By Nicole Gunn "ngunn" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: European Architecture 1750-1890 (Paperback)
Not a very interesting read and hard to understand at times but if you are versed in Architecture it might be great.
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