Architectural Temperance
Spain and Rome, 1700-1759
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:11th Oct '16
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Architectural Temperance examines relations between Bourbon Spain and papal Rome (1700-1759) through the lens of cultural politics. With a focus on key Spanish architects sent to study in Rome by the Bourbon Kings, the book also discusses the establishment of a program of architectural education at the newly founded Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid.
Victor Deupi explores why a powerful nation like Spain would temper its own building traditions with the more cosmopolitan trends associated with Rome; often at the expense of its own national and regional traditions.
Through the inclusion of previously unpublished documents and images that shed light on the theoretical debates which shaped eighteenth-century architecture in Rome and Madrid, Architectural Temperance provides readers with new insights into the cultural history of early modern Spain.
"Deupi's book is a work that shows how important it is to propose a clear argument from the beginning, and how to defend it admirably and synthetically without losing depth and conviction. His prose is a breath of fresh air among the many specialized works on architecture that tend to confuse erudition with a convoluted and cumbersome style. In just under two hundred pages, he is able to address the issue without exhausting it, leaving the reader eager for more investigation - a rare virtue in academic literature. Furthermore, the author is able to arouse interest by constantly involving the reader with didactical questions that reinforce the arguments throughout the book … Deupi offers us a very enjoyable and scholarly work on a complex subject without resorting to clichés or the kind of Italo-centric visions that all too often prevent us from taking a balanced view on the role of Spain in the history of art." — Pilar Diez del Corral Corredoira, Acta Artis, Spain
"Deupi's book is a work that shows how important it is to propose a clear argument from the beginning, and how to defend it admirably and synthetically without losing depth and conviction. His prose is a breath of fresh air among the many specialized works on architecture that tend to confuse erudition with a convoluted and cumbersome style. In just under two hundred pages, he is able to address the issue without exhausting it, leaving the reader eager for more investigation - a rare virtue in academic literature. Furthermore, the author is able to arouse interest by constantly involving the reader with didactical questions that reinforce the arguments throughout the book … Deupi offers us a very enjoyable and scholarly work on a complex subject without resorting to clichés or the kind of Italo-centric visions that all too often prevent us from taking a balanced view on the role of Spain in the history of art." — Pilar Diez del Corral Corredoira, Acta Artis, Spain
"Architectural Temperance is a solid reference for the knowledge of a largely unexplored period of Spanish history showing the continuity of the Spanishpresence in Rome since the times of Ferdinand II of Aragon." - Javier Cenicacelaya, Constructs, Yale Architecture, Fall 2015
ISBN: 9781138229310
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 353g
216 pages