Katherine Wheeler

Victorian Perceptions of Renaissance Architecture

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the mid-1880s, an influential British architectural journal published an article characterizing Renaissance architecture as a corruption of classical architecture. By the turn of the century, however, the same journal praised the Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi as the 'Christopher Columbus of modern architecture.' Relevant for architectural historians, literary scholars and those in Victorian studies, this book examines the conflicting late nineteenth-century characterizations of Renaissance architecture and reassesses them within the formation of a modern, British architectural profession.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 467g
• ISBN-13: 9781472418821
• ISBN-10: 1472418824
• Artikelnr.: 41094828

Autorenporträt

Katherine Wheeler is Assistant Professor of Practice, University of Miami, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
The sins of the Renaissance: John Ruskin and the rise of the professional architect
Embracing decadence: Walter Pater's and John Addington Symonds's Renaissance
'It is time to be rational': William J. Anderson's The Architecture of the Renaissance in Italy
The Renaissance as an English style: J. Alfred Gotch, Reginald Blomfield, and the English Renaissance
Experiencing the Renaissance: Geoffrey Scott's The Architecture of Humanism
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.