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British architectural theory 1540-1750 : an anthology of texts

Eck, Caroline van, editor, Anderson, Christy, contributor

Overview

Although it is often assumed that British writing on architectural theory really started in the 18th century, there is in fact a large corpus of writing on architecture pre-dating the introduction of Palladianism by Lord Burlington. Some of it, such as the English editions of Serlio and Palladio, belongs to the Vitruvian tradition. But many texts elude such easy classification, such as the prolonged (but hardly studied) discussions on church architecture, which are both in form and content very different from the way that theme was handled in Italian Renaissance treatises. This collection of English writing on architecture from 1540 to 1750 offers a large selection of fragments, some of them never published before. They discuss the nature of architecture, the practicalities of building, the sense of the past, religious architecture and classicism.

• Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: Architecture Philosophy. / Architectural criticism Great Britain History 16th century. / Architectural criticism Great Britain History 17th century. / Architectural criticism Great Britain History 18th century.
• ISBN: 9781138710726

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