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An Historical Essay on Architecture: Volume 1

Thomas Hope author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:13th Feb '14

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The 1840 third edition of a work tracing the evolution of architecture since antiquity, accompanied by drawings and an analytical index.

This work by Thomas Hope (1769–1831), first published in 1835, traces the evolution of architecture from antiquity to the Gothic revival. Volume 1 is a reissue of the 1840 third edition. Hope's examples are drawn from buildings he observed during travels through Europe and beyond, particularly the Mediterranean world.With a fondness for classical antiquities and neoclassical design, the connoisseur Thomas Hope (1769–1831) sought to influence Georgian taste by promoting informed interior decoration, displaying his own considerable art collection, and writing with insight on aesthetic topics. This two-volume work, originally published posthumously in 1835, traces the evolution of Western architecture since antiquity. Hope was a keen traveller, and the examples he cites are drawn from buildings that he studied on journeys through Europe and beyond, notably in those countries bordering the Mediterranean. Reissued here in the third edition that appeared in 1840, Volume 1 examines how religions, climates, landscapes and prevailing mores shaped the architectural preferences of civilisations from ancient Egypt to the Gothic revival, as well as how different cultures adapted foreign or ancient architectural innovations for their own ends.

ISBN: 9781108068413

Dimensions: 244mm x 170mm x 28mm

Weight: 870g

552 pages