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Tracing Architecture

The Aesthetics of Antiquarianism

Dana Arnold editor Stephen Bending editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:16th Jan '03

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Tracing Architecture looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. It explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction.


  • Discusses the discovery of the ancient world through the medium of print in the long eighteenth century.
  • Looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design.
  • Considers the interrelationship between architecture, antiquity and aesthetics in a pan-European context.
  • Explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction.

ISBN: 9781405105354

Dimensions: 246mm x 173mm x 9mm

Weight: 408g

156 pages