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Tracing Architecture looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. It explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction.

  • 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.

Tracing Architecture: The Aesthetics of Antiquarianism

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 16/01/2003
    ISBN13: 9781405105354, 978-1405105354
    ISBN10: 1405105356

    Number of Pages: 156

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

    Description

    Tracing Architecture looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. It explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction.

    • 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.

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