This comprehensive examination of eighteenth and nineteenth-century architecture explores its extreme diversity within the context of tremendous social, economic and political upheaval. Never before had the functional requirements and expressive capacities of architecture been tested so thoroughly and with such diversity of invention. Bergdoll traces this experimentation in a broad range of contexts, focusing in particular on the relation of architectural design to new theories of history, new categories of scientific inquiry, and the broadening audience for architecture in this period of transformation. Unlike traditional surveys with long lists of buildings and architects, the themes are elucidated by in-depth coverage of key buildings which in turn are situated in both their local and European context.
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"A well-presented thematic survey of the subject. Affordable and readable. Especially good at addressing German and Central European development in a concise manner."--Linda Phipps, University of California, Berkeley
"Bergdoll gives a comprehensive survey with splendid chapters.... A very important addition to many architectural history courses!"--Nina James-Fowler, Smith College
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Barry Bergdoll is Professor of Art History at Columbia University in New York. Author and editor of numerous works on 19th century architecture, he has served as curator or curatorial consultant at the Mus�e d'Orsay, Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and has served as exhibitions editor of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians.
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How it all started - A Terrific Introduction to 19th century and Modern Architecture,
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A clear yet sophisticated introduction. Most undergraduate architectural surveys are organized around either time periods or themes. Chronological approaches tend to be linear and concentrate on form, thematic approaches on overlapping phenomena and the history of ideas. Professor Bergdoll's book ably does both. It combines a complex yet lucid historical narrative with excursions into the history of ideas, developing social and political forces, and the development of new aesthetic and formal problems. Greatest hits include Somerset House, The Crystal Palace, French and English train stations, The Red House, German Romantic Monuments and Rundbogenstil buildings, The Eiffel Tower. The range of topics and the depth of treatment makes this a valuable undergraduate text and though challenging a good text for the architect and fans of architecture.
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History of architecture,
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this book must be read with Modern Architecture by Oxford in order to understand the history of architecture. This book covers the must needed areas of the field including, the hut to Palladio, and others up until the rise of modernism, where incidently the book Modern Architecture takes over. I recommend this book in concordance to that book and for the architecture student whether for class or not.
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Good for Architecture Class,
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Not a very interesting read and hard to understand at times but if you are versed in Architecture it might be great.
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In the mid-eighteenth century, antiquity was upheld as a standard for architecture as never before. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
conviction that architecture, ancient amphitheatre, new building types, experimental architecture, royal square, public architecture, reprint edn, church design, architectural theory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Crystal Palace, Houses of Parliament, Bank of England, Regent Street, Middle Ages, Somerset House, French Academy, Place Louis, Robert Adam, Second Empire, William Morris, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, French Revolution, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Royal Academy, Frederick the Great, Roman Pantheon, Cologne Cathedral, French Gothic, Grand Tour, Greek Revival, Henri Labrouste, Oxford Museum, Philip Webb, Charles Garnier New!
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In the mid-eighteenth century, antiquity was upheld as a standard for architecture as never before. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
conviction that architecture, ancient amphitheatre, new building types, experimental architecture, royal square, public architecture, reprint edn, church design, architectural theory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Crystal Palace, Houses of Parliament, Bank of England, Regent Street, Middle Ages, Somerset House, French Academy, Place Louis, Robert Adam, Second Empire, William Morris, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, French Revolution, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Royal Academy, Frederick the Great, Roman Pantheon, Cologne Cathedral, French Gothic, Grand Tour, Greek Revival, Henri Labrouste, Oxford Museum, Philip Webb, Charles Garnier New!
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