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Author Greenhalgh, Michael.

Title What is classicism? / Michael Greenhalgh
Published London : Academy Editions ; New York : Martin's Press, 1990

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Description 72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents Classicism: a broad definition -- The classical tradition: origins and importance -- Classicism: the Middle Ages and the Renaissance -- Classicism in Medieval and Renaissance architecture -- The 17th century -- The 18th century: history and Neo-classicism -- Classicism in painting and sculpture: 18th and 19th centuries -- Academies and change -- Neo-classicism in 19th century architecture -- Classicism and the battle of the styles -- Classicism in 20th-century painting and sculpture -- Modern architecture and classicism -- Planning the modern city -- Modernism and post-modernism in architecture -- Post-modernism and historicism -- Classicism, post-modernism and the future
Analysis Classical style
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 66-72
Notes Also issued online
Subject Architecture, Classical.
Art -- History.
Classicism in architecture.
Classicism in art -- History.
Classicism in art.
Classicism.
LC no. 11005660
ISBN 0312049250 (Martin's Press)
0856709700 (Academy Editions)