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Architecture of the XIX Century (History of world architecture)
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Product Description
This is a complete survey of European architecture of the 19th century. In particular, it examines the influence of the cultural trends of the period on the architects' works. The first section deals with the history of 18th-century architecture in France and England, countries where Cartesian-school philosophical speculation and Anglo-Saxon philosophical empiricism wielded a determining influence. After analysing 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, forerunning personalities of this brilliant artistic period who, in the course of the 19th century, offered fecund theoretic and stylistic contributions include Gottfried Semper, John Ruskin and Eugene Viollet-le-Duc.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #936798 in Books
- Published on: 2003-08-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .3 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 404 pages
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About the Author
Robin Middleton is professor of Art History at the Columbia University, New York. The focus of his studies is fench and English Architecture of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. David Watkin is reader in the History of Architecture at the University of Cambridge, his numerous published works cover western architecture from the ancient world to the present day.
