210 Pages
by
Routledge
210 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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The concept of the 'ideal city' is, perhaps, more important today - when planners and architects are so firmly confined by considerations of our immediate environment - than ever before. Yet it is a concept which has profoundly influenced the western world throughout history, both as a regulative model and as an inspiration.
Rosenau traces the progress of the concept from biblical sources... Read more
Part 1: Introductory Survey
1. The ancient tradition
2. The Middle Ages
3. The Renaissance development and the Mannerist phase
4. The Age of the Baroque
Part 2: Phases of Progress
5. Developments in France
6. The English contribution
Part 3: Ambivalent Tendencies in the Nineteenth Century
7. Neo-classicism and Quatremere de Quincy
8. The utopian socialists and Futurism
Conclusions
Biography
Rosenau, Helen
