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"A well-presented thematic survey of the subject. Affordable and readable. Especially good at addressing German and Central European development in a concise manner."--Linda Phipps, University of California, Berkeley
"Bergdoll gives a comprehensive survey with splendid chapters.... A very important addition to many architectural history courses!"--Nina James-Fowler, Smith College
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This comprehensive examination of eighteenth and nineteenth-century architecture explores its extreme diversity within the context of tremendous social, economic and political upheaval. Bergdolls offers a penetrating analysis of the very ways issues of style functioned to make architecture one of the most vitally experimental of art forms in a period of sweeping political, social, and economic change. Never before had the functional requirements and expressive capacities of architecture been tested so thoroughly and with such diversity of invention. Bergdoll traces this experimentation in a broad range of contexts, focusing in particular on the relation of architectural design to new theories of history, new categories of scientific inquiry, and the broadening audience for architecture in this period of transformation. Unlike traditional surveys with long lists of buildings and architects, the themes are elucidated by in-depth coverage of key buildings which in turn are situated in both their local and European context.
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In the mid-eighteenth century, antiquity was upheld as a standard for architecture as never before. Read the first page
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As an architecture student writing an essay on the origins of modern city planning in Europe (focusing on Haussmann's Parisian reforms)this was a great overview on a very complicated period. Obviously I had to use many other books but the relevant sections in this book provided a very good grounding in the relevant topics (which were: Paris, Barcelona, Vienna & Camillo Sitte).
This is a clear and concise overview of the period with lots of illustrations such as plans, sections, sketches, paintings, photographs etc. I can't recommend it enough for anyone studying or just interested in European architectural history during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
This is a clear and concise overview of the period with lots of illustrations such as plans, sections, sketches, paintings, photographs etc. I can't recommend it enough for anyone studying or just interested in European architectural history during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This volume, like all volumes of this OUP collection, is widely illustrated in black and white and mostly in colour so that the reading is really pleasant.
The illustrations are also a great mix of all kinds of architectural documentation: photographs, picturesque and technical drawings, plans, diagrams, engravings.
The author makes a great contribution with introducing this complex period of European architecture with a cross of thematic and chronological chapters.
The text is well written, combining broad cultural considerations with specific points about architectural publications and particular buildings taken as case studies.
The illustrations are also a great mix of all kinds of architectural documentation: photographs, picturesque and technical drawings, plans, diagrams, engravings.
The author makes a great contribution with introducing this complex period of European architecture with a cross of thematic and chronological chapters.
The text is well written, combining broad cultural considerations with specific points about architectural publications and particular buildings taken as case studies.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is not an easy read. The author's use of language is generally difficult and frequently obscure.
The purpose of a book is to communicate ideas. This book fails miserably. Obscurity in the use of language does not indicate intellectual depth. Rather the contrary. This volume needs a drastic re-write. Come on Barry. If you understand your subject I'm sure you can express your ideas in a manner we can understand. Unfortunately this is a common failing of writings on art history and criticism. It is inexcusable.
The purpose of a book is to communicate ideas. This book fails miserably. Obscurity in the use of language does not indicate intellectual depth. Rather the contrary. This volume needs a drastic re-write. Come on Barry. If you understand your subject I'm sure you can express your ideas in a manner we can understand. Unfortunately this is a common failing of writings on art history and criticism. It is inexcusable.
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