Gothic Architecture, Improved by Rules and Proportions. In many Grand Designs of Columns, Doors, Windows, Chimney-Pieces, Arcades, Colonades, Porticos, Umbrellos, Temples, and Pavillions & etc. With Plans, Elevations and Profiles; Geometrically Executed
Unknown: Unknown, 1998. Black and White Illustrations. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. Bound with marbled paper boards and a brown cloth spine. Entitled with a label on the spine and some gilt decoration. 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. Unpaginated, 62 black-and-white plates.
CONDITION: Covers haves very light shelf wear. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are square and tight. Full refund if not satisfied. Like New.
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