Reading architectural history /

Reading Architectural History examines the historiographic and social/cultural implications of the mapping of British architectural history with particular reference to eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Arnold, Dana
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Architecture > Historiography.
Architecture > England > 18th century.
Architecture > Historiographie.
Architecture > Angleterre > 18e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE > Study & Teaching.
Architecture > Angleterre > 18e siecle.
Architecture
Architecture > Historiography
England
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Reading the past : what is architectural history? What is history? / EH Carr ; The fictions of factual representation / Hayden White
  • The authority of the author : biography and the reconstruction of the canon. Biographical dictionary / Sir Howard Colvin ; What is an author? / Michel Foucault
  • On classical ground : histories of style. Architecture in Britain, 1530-1830 / Sir John Summerson ; Art history and class struggle / Nicos Hadjinicolaou
  • A class performance : social histories of architecture. Life in the English country house / Mark Girouard ; In search of cultural history / EH Gombrich
  • The illusion of inclusion : the guidebook and historic architecture. The buildings of England / Sir Nikolaus Pevsner ; The Blue Guide / Roland Barthes
  • Reading architectural herstories : the discourses of gender. Sexism and the star system in architecture / Denise Scott Brown ; Planning and representation in the early modern country house / Alice T Friedman.

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