Some Architectural Writers of the Nineteenth Century
Author | : Nikolaus Pevsner |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Nikolaus Pevsner |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Nikolaus Pevsner |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Peter Draper |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 263 |
Release | : 2017-07-05 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1351552074 |
Nikolaus Pevsner was one of the most important and influential art historians of the twentieth century. He opened up new areas of enquiry in the history of art, revolutionising architectural studies in England and playing a key role in establishing the discipline of design history. Through his lectures and broadcasts, as well as the remarkable volumes in The Buildings of England series which made him a household name, he did much to encourage greater interest in, and understanding of, art and architecture among a wide public. This wide-ranging collection of essays, based on papers delivered at the conference held at Birkbeck in celebration of the centenary of Pevsner's birth, offers the first sustained critical assessment of Pevsner's achievements. With contributions by leading international scholars, the volume brings together a wealth of new material on Pevsner and his intellectual background, both in Germany in the late 1920s and 1930s and in England, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s.
Author | : Spiro Kostof |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780520226043 |
The Architect traces the role of the profession across the centuries and in different cultures, showing the architect both as designer and as mediator between the client and the builder.
Author | : Allison Lee Palmer |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2016-05-26 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1442263091 |
This dictionary provides a historical overview of the major architectural developments and styles, building materials and types, major structures and locations, sites and architects. Historical eras like ancient Egyptian architecture and the Renaissance in Europe and movements such as Art Deco are covered. Materials discussed range from concrete, stone, glass and wood, while types of structures include architectural inventions such as the arch and dome to building types from monasteries and mosques to museums and skyscrapers. Major structures highlighted in this volume include not only great achievements such as Hagia Sophia and the Eiffel Tower, but also important sites such as the Great Zimbabwe and Angkor Wat, found on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. General geographical areas are also covered, such as African and Russian architecture. Noted architects include theorists from the ancient Chinese engineer Yu Hao Roman engineer Vitruvius to many current architects such as Zaha Hadid and Santiago Calatrava, with a focus on architects who have enjoyed lasting fame through history or have won international prizes such as the Pritzker Architecture Prize. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Architecture contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on architects, famous structures, types of materials, and the different architectural styles. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about architecture.
Author | : John Dixon Hunt |
Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Art critics |
ISBN | : 9780719008344 |
Author | : Allan Doig |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 393 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Church architecture |
ISBN | : 0199575363 |
Allan Doig explores the Christian Church through the lens of twelve particular churches, looking at their history, archaeology, and how the buildings changed over time in response to developing usage and beliefs.
Author | : Martin Bressani |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 2016-04-15 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1317179323 |
Hailed as one of the key theoreticians of modernism, Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc was also the most renowned restoration architect of his age, a celebrated medieval archaeologist and a fervent champion of Gothic revivalism. He published some of the most influential texts in the history of modern architecture such as the Dictionnaire raisonné de l’architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle and Entretiens sur l’architecture, but also studies on warfare, geology and racial history. Martin Bressani expertly traces Viollet-le-Duc’s complex intellectual development, mapping the attitudes he adopted toward the past, showing how restoration, in all its layered meaning, shaped his outlook. Through his life journey, we follow the route by which the technological subject was born out of nineteenth-century historicism.