Architectural Theory, Volume 1

An Anthology from Vitruvius to 1870

Mallgrave, Harry Francis (Herausgeber)

1. Auflage Juli 2005
616 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-4051-0258-2

John Wiley & Sons

Architectural Theory: Vitruvius to 1870 is a landmark anthology that surveys the development of the field of architecture from its earliest days to the year 1870.

The first truly comprehensive anthology that brings together the classic essays in the field, the volume chronicles the major developments and trends in architecture from Vitruvius to Gottfried Semper.

* Volume 1 of the first overview of architectural thought from antiquity to the present day; this volume covers 25 B.C. to 1870

* Collects over 200 classic essays in the field, organized thematically for the student and scholar, covering Classicism, Neoclassicism, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, and the Gothic

* Includes German, French, and Italian essays appearing in English here for the first time

* Features a general introduction and headnotes to each essay written by a renowned expert on architectural theory.

Part I: Classicism and the Renaissance.

Part II. Classicism in France and Britain.

Part III: Neoclassicism and the Enlightenment.

Part IV: Theories of the Picturesque and Sublime.

Part V: The Rise of Historicism in the Nineteenth Century.

Part VI: Historicism in the Industrial Age

"The book's range is stunning, its scholarship thoroughly
accurate, and its rendering of ideas entirely lucid. Here we have a
comprehensive and insightful account of theory that will, I trust,
find its way onto the desks of students, professors, and
professionals alike." David Leatherbarrow, University of
Pennsylvania

"Harry Mallgrave's Architectural Theory is
the most scrupulous, discriminating, and useful anthology one could
expect following the last three decades of intense study in the
history of Western architectural theory." Martin Bressani,
McGill University

"[Architectural Theory] represents an extremely
valuable resource for architectural design, history, and theory
education and, more broadly, for aesthetic education, art history,
aesthetics, and visual culture...an excellent stand-alone companion
to the academic, undergraduate, and graduate student."
Journal of Aesthetic Education

Harry Francis Mallgrave is Professor of History and Theory
at the Illinois Institute of Technology. His l996 book Gottfried
Semper: Architect of the Nineteenth Century was awarded the
Alice Davis Hitchcock Award by the Society of Architectural
Historians. He is also the author of Modern Architectural Theory
1673-1968 published in 2005.

H. F. Mallgrave, Illinois Institute of Technology