The British Architect (Architecture and Decorative Art Series)

By Abraham Swan

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: ++++Harvard University LibraryN015368London: printed for, and sold by the auth? A. Webley, and Mr. Buckland, 1762?]. viii,16p., LX plates: ill.; 2

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306709619
• ISBN13: 9780306709616
• Release Date: September 1967
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.