- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: Thames and Hudson; illustrated edition edition (Feb 1 1986)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0500202028
- ISBN-13: 978-0500202029
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 15 x 1.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #924,554 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Architectural historian Sir John Summerson, professor of fine art in Britain and curator for 39 years at Sir John Soane's Museum describes the rise of neoclassicism after 1750. Making the point that the transition from Baroque was marked by "a plurality of styles," Summerson goes on to provide a historical context for the changeover, examines town-planning and looks at individual buildingsmuseums, libraries, prisons, theaters and banks. In the concluding chapter he discerns the echoes of Versailles in Washington, D.C., which he judges "the one great triumph of urban planning in 18th century America." Some 174 illustrations, consisting of plans, photographs and drawings, embellish this satisfying summary of the period.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The architecture produced between 1700 and 1800 represents a classic perfection which no later age has equaled. The first half of the eighteenth century was pervaded by the spirit of the Baroque, epitomized most completely in palaces and churches: Schonbrunn in Vienna, the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, the dazzling theatrical churches and Residenzes of Germany and Central Europe. After 1750 architecture turned away from Baroque toward Neo-classicism, whose most characteristic types included private houses, institutional buildings and planned towns--Bath, Philadelphia and Washington, with their theaters, museums, hospitals and banks. Summerson provides a succinct and elegant summary of the entire period, bringing into focus not only the stunning beauty of these buildings, but also the background of ideas from which they sprang.
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This is a useful opening survey of the architecture of this period. It is now quite old and has been largely superseded by numerous individual studies of buildings, period, and architects (including, for example, recent treatments of Ledoux and Boullée). It is basically satisfactory on the primary stylistic trends of the period but privileges English architecture a little too highly. The partition of the eighteenth century into basically Baroque and Neo-Classical, while conceded to be too widely drawn, means that some things fall through the cracks - Roman architecture of the first half of the eighteenth century receives poor exposure (actually, Italian architecture is treated in scant detail) as does the origins of the Picturesque movement, which was influential in the Gothic revival. As usual, Summerson writes in a friendly, jargon free style suitable for lovers of this period in architectural history.
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The book is in perfect condition. There are no marks in it. The cover and spine were in perfect condition. It arrived at my house in a timely fashion.
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