Summerson, John  1904-1992. <br/><br/>
The architecture of the eighteenth century. /  txt 
John Summerson. 
 - 176 p.  ill. ; photo. ; map ;  21 cm.  book 
 - World of art .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 170-171. 
<br/><br/>1 The Ascendancy and Fall of the Baroque --<br/>THE LEGACY OF ROMAN BAROQUE • Rococo AND RATIONALISM --<br/>2 The Architecture of Absolutism --<br/>THREE ROYAL PALACES: VIENNA, STOCKHOLM AND BERLIN • THE COURTS OF GERMANY • VARIETIES OF ABSOLUTISM --<br/>3 The Demonstrations of Faith --<br/>CATHOLICISM IN CENTRAL EUROPE • A TWIST TO CLASSICISM: ITALY AND FRANCE • SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND LATIN AMERICA • THE PROTESTANT WORLD --<br/>4 A Plurality of Styles --<br/>`NOBLE SIMPLICITY' • BEYOND NEO-CLASSICISM • ART, NATURE AND THE GOTHIC • THE CULT OF THE COTTAGE - ARCHAEOLOGY, ABSTRACTION AND THE EXOTIC --<br/>5 Architecture and Society: the Enlightenment --<br/>THEATRES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE • LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS • HOSPITALS AND PRISONS • THE ARCHITECTURE OF COMMERCE --<br/>6 The Urban Image --<br/>PLANNING AND POLITICS • FORMALITY DISSOLVES • GROWING INTO THE FUTURE --<br/>Bibliography	--<br/>Photographic Acknowledgments --<br/>Index --<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0500202028 9780500202029 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Architecture--Europe--18th century.<br/>Neoclassicism Architecture--Europe.<br/>Architecture, Baroque--Europe.<br/>Architecture--History--Europe --18th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA956  / S86 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>724.19