1st Edition
Articulating British Classicism New Approaches to Eighteenth-Century Architecture
298 Pages
by
Routledge
Whereas the past decades have seen a profound reconsideration of eighteenth-century visual culture, the architecture of that century has undergone little evaluation. Its study, unlike that of the early modern period or the twentieth century, has continued to use essentially the same methods and ideas over the last fifty years. Articulating British Classicism reconsiders the traditional... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction: Classicism: constructing the paradigm in Continental Europe and Britain, Barbara Arciszewska; Popularism versus professionalism: John Summerson and the 20th-century creation of the 'Georgian', Elizabeth McKellar; 'A mockery of the Surveyor's style'?: alternatives to Inigo Jones in 17th-century elite British architecture, Elizabeth V. Chew; From Burlington Gate to Billingsgate: James Ralph's attempt to impose Burlingtonian classicism as a canon of public taste, Matthew Craske; A 'Rarie-shew System of Architecture': Bath and the cultural scenography of Palladianism, Carol Watts; Commercialization and backlash in late Georgian architecture, Daniel M. Abramson; Joseph Gandy and the politics of rustic charm, Andrew Ballantyne; Negotiating classicism in 18th-century Deptford and Philadelphia, Bernard L. Herman and Peter Guillery; Architectures of confidence?: Spanish Town, Jamaica, 1655-1792, James Robertson; Select bibliography; Index.
Biography
Barbara Arciszewska, Elizabeth McKellar
