Harry Francis Mallgrave

Architectural Theory, Volume 1

An Anthology from Vitruvius to 1870
Herausgeber: Mallgrave, Harry Francis

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Produktbeschreibung

Architectural Theory: Vitruvius to 1870 is a landmark anthology that surveys the development of the field of architecture from its earliest days to the year 1870.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 916g
• ISBN-13: 9781405102582
• ISBN-10: 1405102586
• Artikelnr.: 21148476

Autorenporträt

Harry Francis Mallgrave is Professor of History and Theory at the Illinois Institute of Technology. His l996 book Gottfried Semper: Architect of the Nineteenth Century was awarded the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award by the Society of Architectural Historians. He is also the author of Modern Architectural Theory 1673-1968 published in 2005.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Classicism and the Renaissance.

Part II. Classicism in France and Britain.

Part III: Neoclassicism and the Enlightenment.

Part IV: Theories of the Picturesque and Sublime.

Part V: The Rise of Historicism in the Nineteenth Century.

Part VI: Historicism in the Industrial Age

Rezensionen

"The book's range is stunning, its scholarship thoroughlyaccurate, and its rendering of ideas entirely lucid. Here we have acomprehensive and insightful account of theory that will, I trust,find its way onto the desks of students, professors, andprofessionals alike." David Leatherbarrow, University ofPennsylvania

"Harry Mallgrave's Architectural Theory isthe most scrupulous, discriminating, and useful anthology one couldexpect following the last three decades of intense study in thehistory of Western architectural theory." Martin Bressani,McGill University

"[Architectural Theory] represents an extremelyvaluable resource for architectural design, history, and theoryeducation and, more broadly, for aesthetic education, art history,aesthetics, and visual culture...an excellent stand-alone companionto the academic, undergraduate, and graduate student."Journal of Aesthetic Education