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Brilliantly written essays on the aesthetic principles and enduring motives of architecture.
A classic of architectural history and theory, Heavenly Mansions interprets architecture as a reflection of the age in which it flowers, and traces the alternating themes of fantasy and functionalism as exemplified in various styles and in the works of a number of influential men, including Wren, Viollet-le-Duc, William Butterfield, and Le Corbusier. Succinctly summarizing 800 years of viewpoints about architecture, it ranges from Gothic architecture to the Renaissance to the influence of modern abstract art on twentieth-century architecture."Each essay is a voyage of discovery. What is so interesting and what makes Mr. Summerson the architectural critic of his generation . . . is [an] aversion to dogma. . . . It is supremely well worth reading."―Spectator Photographs and plans
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About the Author
The late SirJohn Summerson taught at Oxford and Cambridge.
Kent Bloomer teaches at Yale University.
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Each essay is a voyage of discovery. What is so interesting and what makes Mr. Summerson the architectural critic of his generation . . . is [an] aversion to dogma. . . . It is supremely well worth reading. -- Spectator
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0393318575
- ISBN 13 9780393318579
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages304
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