The Greek Revival: Neo-Classical Attitudes in British Architecture 1760-1870

By J. Mordaunt Crook

Book Overview

This study of the Greek revival opens with the rediscovery of Greece, involving the figures like Hell Fire Dashwood, Twitcher Sandwich and the Dilettanti Society. Their propagation of the Neo-Classical theory is explained and the expression of that theory in Greek Revival architecture covered.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719554551
• ISBN13: 9780719554551
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: John Murray Pubs Ltd
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.0" x 6.8"