Monumental classic architecture in Great Britain and Ireland / Albert E. Richardson ; introductory notes by H. Stafford Bryant, Jr..
By: Richardson, A. E. (Albert Edward), Sir.
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BookSeries: Classical America series in art and architecture: Publisher: New York : Norton, c1982Edition: A new ed.Description: xxxiv, 123 p., [60] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.ISBN: 0393014517 ; 0393000532 .Subject(s): Neoclassicism (Architecture) -- Great Britain | Neoclassicism (Architecture) -- Ireland | Architecture, Modern -- 17th century -- Great Britain | Architecture, Modern -- 18th century -- Great Britain | Architecture, Modern -- 17th century -- Ireland | Architecture, Modern -- 18th century -- Ireland | Architecture -- Great Britain -- 19th century
| Architecture, Modern -- 19th century -- Ireland | Public buildings -- Great Britain | Public buildings -- IrelandDDC classification: 724.5
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Detailed text and illustrations examine the buildings of the great neoclassical period, 1730-1875. The roster of masterpieces pictured and described include The Customs House, Dublin; The Bank of England, Liverpool; Newgate Prison, London; The British Museum, London; The National Gallery, Edinburgh; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; and many more. 176 black-and-white illustrations.
Rev. ed. of: Monumental classic architecture in Great Britain and Ireland during the eighteenth & nineteenth centuries. 1914.
Bibliography: p. 113-115 - Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Contents (p. v)
- Comments by the Sponsor (p. vi)
- Introduction to the Dover Edition (p. vii)
- Introductory Notes (p. xi)
- Richardson's Monumental Classic Architecture as a Tract for the Times About Albert E. Richardson
- Text of Monumental Classic Architecture in Great Britain and Ireland
- Preface (p. xxv)
- Note of Acknowledgment (p. xxvii)
- List of Plates (p. xxix)
- List of Text Illustrations (p. xxxii)
- I Introductory (p. 1)
- II The Roman Palladian Phase, 1730-1780 (p. 10)
- III The Graeco-Roman Phase, 1780-1820 (p. 31)
- IV The Greek Phase, 1820-1840 (p. 54)
- V The Culmination in the Neo-Grec and Italian Phase (p. 75)
- VI Conclusion (p. 105)
- Bibliography (p. 113)
- Index (p. 116)