A Parallel of the Antient Architecture with the Modern, in a Collection of Ten Principal Authors Who Have Written Upon the Five Orders, Written in Fre

By Roland Freart

Book Overview

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T118307 Translated and edited by John Evelyn. With a half-title. The pagination of the first part is irregular, bit the text is continuous. 'An account of architects and architecture, ..' has a separate titlepage dated 1706, and separate pagination and registe London: printed for D. Brown, J. Walthoe, B. Took, and D. Midwinter, 1707. 22],115, 1]; 6],75, 1]p., plate: ill., port.; 2

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1171373015
• ISBN13: 9781171373018
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.7"