Tracing Architecture: The Aesthetics of Antiquarianism

Dana Arnold (Editor), Stephen Bending (Editor)

ISBN: 978-1-4051-0535-4

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156 pages

February 2003, Wiley-Blackwell

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Discusses the discovery of the ancient world through the medium of print in the long eighteenth century.
Looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design.
Considers the interrelationship between architecture, antiquity and aesthetics in a pan-European context.
Explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction.