| Description |
xx, 763 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in the history of architecture |
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Cambridge studies in the history of architecture.
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| Contents |
Pt. 1. The intellectual preparation. 1. Architectural discourse from Wotton to Sandby. 2. Soane's relations with the Royal Academy. 3. First principles and the myth of origin. 4. The architecture of character and sensation. 5. The symbolical language of antiquity --Pt. 2. The Royal Academy Lectures. 6. Analysis of the lectures. 7. Soane and his lecture illustrations. 8. The relation between Soane's ideas and his architecture -- App. 1 List of illustrations to Sandby's lectures at the Royal Academy -- App. 2 List of Soane's lecture illustrations at the Royal Academy /Margaret Richardson and David Watkin -- App. 3 Soane on his design for a royal palace, from Lecture V --App. 4 An outline catalogue of papers relating to the lectures on architecture delivered at the Royal Academy by Sir John Soane, held at Sir John Soane's Museum / Susan Palmer -- App. 5 Chronology of the delivery of Sir John Soane's Royal Academy lectures /Susan Palmer |
| Analysis |
Architecture |
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England |
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Architecture |
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England |
| Notes |
"Published in association with Sir John Soane's Museum and the bank of England." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-488) and index |
| Subject |
Soane, John, 1753-1837.
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Architects -- England -- Biography.
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Neoclassicism (Architecture) -- England.
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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| Author |
Sir John Soane's Museum.
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| LC no. |
95018311 |
| ISBN |
0521440912 hardback |
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