Langbeschreibung
The first book to examine the reception of classical architecture across the globe, this essential reference guide makes a major contribution to the study of architectural history.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Introduction: A 'World' Reception of Classical Architecture Nicholas Temple, Andrzej Piotrowski and Juan Manuel Heredia PART I: TRANSMISSION AND RE-CONCEPTUALISATION OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE 2. The Fates of Fornix Juan Manuel Heredia 3. Architects, Architecture and the City: Some Themes on the Continuity of Classical Ideas Relating to the Latin Middle Ages Christian Frost 4. Rethinking Ornament in Classical Architecture: Spolia and Architecture as institutio Clare E. L. Guest 5. The Persistence of Natura Naturans from Classical Architecture John Hendrix 6. On Moderation: The Ancient Virtue and its Reception in Architectural Theory Esra Sahin Burat 7. Classical Columns, Mannerism, and the Other Antiquity Andrzej Piotrowski 8. Neoclassical Taste and Antiquarian Scholarship: The Royal Academy of the Three Noble Arts of San Carlos in Mexico, Alexander von Humboldt and Pedro José Márquez Oscar Humberto Flores 9. Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Classicism in England: John Soane's Language and Imagination Yue Zhuang PART II: CLASSICAL INFLUENCES THROUGH COLONIALISM, POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS CONVERSION 10. Honour and the Classical Tradition in Architecture: The Matter of Slavery Charles Burroughs 11. Dismemberment of the Orders and their Reassembly across Portuguese Overseas Settlements Pedro Guedes 12. The Reception and Involution of Classical Architecture in Jesuit Missions in China (1583-1759) Xiao Jing 13. The Gods that came from the Sea: The Classical Tradition in New Spain Santiago de Orduña 14. Indo-Portuguese Architecture in Kerala during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Helder Carita 15. Neo-classical Architecture in the Straits Settlements: Singapore's Civic Square (1819-1936) Raymond Quek 16. Herbert Baker, New Delhi and the Reception of the Classical Tradition Soumyen Bandyopadhyay and Sagar Chauhan PART III: HISTORIOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS OF GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS 17. Scotland's Enduring Eclectic Classicism Ian Campbell 18. From Fischer von Erlach to Adolf Loos: The Classical in Austria Ross Jenner 19. Avatars of the Classical Tradition in Romanian Architecture Ana Maria Zahariade and Horia Moldovan 20. China (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries): Renaissance Humanism and Chinese Architecture Hui Zou 21. Revising the Classical in Australian Architecture: Colonial New South Wales and Victoria Peter Kohane and Mark Stiles 22. "Pretty true reflection of our civilisation": Classical Architecture in Nineteenth Century New Zealand Robin Skinner 23. Nordic Visions of a Classical World (1901-1966) Harry Charrington PART IV: VISUAL AND TEXTUAL DISCOURSES 24. (Re)Invoking Humanism in Modernity: Architecture and Spectacle in Fascist Italy Nicholas Temple and Eleni Tracada 25. Unclassical Forms of Late Roman Architecture and the Roman Baroque: Francesco Borromini and the New Classical Tradition Giuseppe Bonaccorso 26. Power, Patronage and Politics: Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni and the Reception of Neoclassicism in France Louise Pelletier 27. The Reception of European Renaissance Urban Theory in New Spain Juan Luis Burke 28. Thomas Jefferson: The American Landscape and the Architecture Carol William Westfall 29. The Revival of Classical Architecture in Athens (1830-1860): Educational Institutions in Athens by Christian Hansen, Lysandros Kaftantzoglou and Stamatios Kleanthis Nikolaos Karydis 30. Modernism and Classicism in Brazil: Foundational Myths and Other Stories Daniela Sandler 31. Greek Temple Design and the Kathedrale des erotishen Elends Matthew Mindrup 32. The Underbelly of the Architect: Reproducing Classical Idioms of Power and Culture in Rome Renée Tobe and Tracey Eve Winton Selected Bibliography Index