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Heavenly Mansions: And Other Essays on Architecture

Heavenly Mansions: And Other Essays on Architecture

Paperback

General ArchitectureArchitecture History

ISBN10: 0393318575
ISBN13: 9780393318579
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: Oct 1 1998
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.71
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.41 Depth: 7.95
Language: English
A classic of architectural history and theory, Heavenly Mansions interprets architecture as a reflection of the age in which it flowers, and traces the alternating themes of fantasy and functionalism as exemplified in various styles and in the works of a number of influential men, including Wren, Viollet-le-Duc, William Butterfield, and Le Corbusier. Succinctly summarizing 800 years of viewpoints about architecture, it ranges from Gothic architecture to the Renaissance to the influence of modern abstract art on twentieth-century architecture.

Each essay is a voyage of discovery. What is so interesting and what makes Mr. Summerson the architectural critic of his generation . . . is [an] aversion to dogma. . . . It is supremely well worth reading.--Spectator

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