Dana Arnold

Reading Architectural History

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The author concentrates on fundamental texts in the study of architectural history with special reference to eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain. The texts under discussion address key themes or methods in the construction of architectural histories. Alongside this, philosophical or theoretical writings that address the abstract issues surrounding the main texts are presented as a kind of exegesis on the chosen texts. This, together with an introduction and discursive essays which preface each of the sections, present a trans-disciplinary discourse around the discipline of architectural history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 165mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 667g
• ISBN-13: 9780415250504
• ISBN-10: 0415250501
• Artikelnr.: 21472467

Autorenporträt

Dana Arnold

Inhaltsangabe

1. Reading the Past: What is Architectural History? 2. The Authority of the
Author: Biography and the Reconstruction of the Canon 3. On Classical
Grounds. Histories of Style 4. A Class Performance: Social Histories of
Architecture 5. The Illusions of Inclusion: The Guidebook and Historic
Architecture 6. Reading Architectural Herstories: The Discourses of Gender