Rediscovering Architecture : Paestum in eighteenth-century architectural experience and theory / Sigrid de Jong
2014, 1st edition. New Haven : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #429295
ISBN: 9780300195750
Physical description; vii, 353 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-343) and index. Contents; Introduction -- Aesthetic experiences. Paradoxical encounters: Paestum and the sublime ; Scenic associations: Paestum and the picturesque -- Experiences of movement. Entering ruins: a physical experience ; Staging ruins: theatrical sequences -- Contextualising experiences. In pursuit of the primitive: history in the making ; The eye of the architect: Paestum exported -- Conclusion. Subjects; 1700-1799. Temples Italy Paestum (Extinct city). Architecture, Greek Influence. Architecture Philosophy History 18th century. Neoclassicism (Architecture). Europeans Travel Italy Paestum (Extinct city) History 18th century.
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