Architecture of the Nineteenth Century (History of World Architecture) - Softcover

Robin Middleton; David Watkin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904313094 ISBN 13: 9781904313090

Publisher: Phaidon Press / Electa, 2003

Synopsis

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.

About this title

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.

Language Notes:

Text: English, Italian (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press / Electa
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1904313094
• ISBN 13: 9781904313090
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 404