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Circa 1700: Architecture in Europe and the Americas
Henry A. Millon (Ed.)
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Hardback. The years around 1700 were marked by transformations in European and colonial capital cities. This era saw the creation of palatial complexes and urban spaces appropriate to autocratic power. This book presents a comparative reading of baroque architecture: from country to country, from region to region, and from the Old World to the New. Editor(s): Millon, Henry A. Series: Studies in the History of Art Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, 195 b&w + 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JD; 3JF; AMA; AMV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 290 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1560.
The years around 1700 were marked by transformations in European and colonial capital cities. This era saw the creation not only of palatial complexes and urban spaces appropriate to autocratic power, but also of essential infrastructure such as roads, ports, and fortifications. In addition, many of the civic structures and background buildings that form the familiar urban images of the eighteenth century date from this period. In all of this activity, architects and architectural ideas, formed mostly in Italy and influenced by the baroque architecture of Rome, especially the late works of Francesco Borromini and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, played a ... Read more
The years around 1700 were marked by transformations in European and colonial capital cities. This era saw the creation not only of palatial complexes and urban spaces appropriate to autocratic power, but also of essential infrastructure such as roads, ports, and fortifications. In addition, many of the civic structures and background buildings that form the familiar urban images of the eighteenth century date from this period. In all of this activity, architects and architectural ideas, formed mostly in Italy and influenced by the baroque architecture of Rome, especially the late works of Francesco Borromini and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, played a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Studies in the History of Art Series
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300114751
SKU
V9780300114751
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About Henry A. Millon (Ed.)
Henry A. Millon is dean emeritus of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art. His previous books include Italian Renaissance Architecture: From Brunelleschi to Michelangelo and The Triumph of the Baroque: Architecture in Europe 1600–1750.
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