Architecture of the Eighteenth century

By:

Summerson, John

Publication details: London Thames and Hudson Ltd. 2010Description: 176pISBN:

9780500202029

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

724.6 SUM

Contents:

Contents I The Ascendancy and Fall of the Baroque THE LEGACY OF ROMAN BAROQUE • ROCOCO AND RATIONALISM 7 2 The Architecture of Absolutism THREE ROYAL PALACES: VIENNA, STOCKHOLM AND BERLIN • THE COURTS OF GERMANY • VARIETIES OF ABSOLUTISM 17 3 The Demonstrations of Faith CATHOLICISM IN CENTRAL EUROPE • A TWIST TO CLASSICISM: ITALY AND FRANCE • SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND LATIN AMERICA • THE PROTESTANT WORLD 39 4 A Plurality of Styles `NOBLE SIMPLICITY' • BEYOND NEO—CLASSICISM • ART, NATURE AND THE GOTHIC • THE CULT OF THE COTTAGE • ARCHAEOLOGY, ABSTRACTION AND THE EXOTIC 75 5 Architecture and Society: the Enlightenment THEATRES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE • LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS • HOSPITALS AND PRISONS • THE ARCHITECTURE OF COMMERCE 105 6 The Urban Image PLANNING AND POLITICS • FORMALITY DISSOLVES • GROWING INTO THE FUTURE 151 Bibliography 170 Photographic Acknowledgments 172 Index 173

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Contents
I The Ascendancy and Fall of the Baroque THE LEGACY OF ROMAN BAROQUE • ROCOCO AND RATIONALISM 7
2 The Architecture of Absolutism
THREE ROYAL PALACES: VIENNA, STOCKHOLM AND BERLIN • THE COURTS OF GERMANY • VARIETIES OF ABSOLUTISM 17
3 The Demonstrations of Faith
CATHOLICISM IN CENTRAL EUROPE • A TWIST TO CLASSICISM: ITALY AND FRANCE • SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND LATIN AMERICA • THE PROTESTANT WORLD 39
4 A Plurality of Styles
`NOBLE SIMPLICITY' • BEYOND NEO—CLASSICISM • ART, NATURE AND THE GOTHIC • THE CULT OF THE COTTAGE • ARCHAEOLOGY, ABSTRACTION AND THE EXOTIC 75
5 Architecture and Society: the Enlightenment
THEATRES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE • LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS • HOSPITALS AND PRISONS • THE ARCHITECTURE OF COMMERCE 105
6 The Urban Image
PLANNING AND POLITICS • FORMALITY DISSOLVES • GROWING INTO THE FUTURE 151
Bibliography 170
Photographic Acknowledgments 172
Index 173

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