The Summerson, John 1904-1992 creator text bibliography nyu 1986 monographic eng

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176 p. ill. ; photo. ; map ; 21 cm. 1 The Ascendancy and Fall of the Baroque -- THE LEGACY OF ROMAN BAROQUE • Rococo AND RATIONALISM -- 2 The Architecture of Absolutism -- THREE ROYAL PALACES: VIENNA, STOCKHOLM AND BERLIN • THE COURTS OF GERMANY • VARIETIES OF ABSOLUTISM -- 3 The Demonstrations of Faith -- CATHOLICISM IN CENTRAL EUROPE • A TWIST TO CLASSICISM: ITALY AND FRANCE • SPAIN, PORTUGAL AND LATIN AMERICA • THE PROTESTANT WORLD -- 4 A Plurality of Styles -- `NOBLE SIMPLICITY' • BEYOND NEO-CLASSICISM • ART, NATURE AND THE GOTHIC • THE CULT OF THE COTTAGE - ARCHAEOLOGY, ABSTRACTION AND THE EXOTIC -- 5 Architecture and Society: the Enlightenment -- THEATRES, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE • LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS • HOSPITALS AND PRISONS • THE ARCHITECTURE OF COMMERCE -- 6 The Urban Image -- PLANNING AND POLITICS • FORMALITY DISSOLVES • GROWING INTO THE FUTURE -- Bibliography -- Photographic Acknowledgments -- Index -- John Summerson. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 170-171. Architecture Europe 18th century Neoclassicism Architecture Europe Architecture, Baroque Europe Architecture History 18th century Europe Europe NA956 S86 2003 724.19 0500202028 9780500202029 pucpr 032210 20240122142143.0 eng