Bücher der Reihe The Classical Tradition in Architecture

Presents the eighteenth century idea of the picturesque - when it was a risky term concerned with a refined taste for everyday things, such as hovels of labouring poor - in the light of its reception and effects in modern culture. This book shows: what the concept of picture does in the picturesque and how this relates to theories of the image.

Offers a fresh perspective on printed architecture in early modern Europe through the lens of Hans Vredeman de Vries. This book probes the geographical encounters of dozens of engravings with contemporary texts on architecture, theater, urbanism, art collecting, even ethnography. It is suitable for historians of art and the built environment.

As new ideas developed in post-Restoration England across the realms of politics, culture, academia and morality, so too did architectural expression of these ideas. This title offers a study on the connections between English architecture and intellectual change between 1660 and 1730. It is intended for an academic readership in history.

Adds to the scholarship on early modern architectural history and particularly on French classicism under Louis XIV and his minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert. This book describes early modern science and technology, Baroque court culture, and the development of the discipline of architecture.

Examining the urban and architectural developments in Rome during the Pontificate of Julius II (1503-13) this book focuses on the political, religious and artistic motives behind the changes. Each chapter focuses on a particular project, from the Palazzo dei Tribunali to the Stanza della Segnatura, and examines their topographical and symbolic contexts in relationship to the broader vision of Julian Rome. This original work explores not just historical sources relating to buildings but also humanist/antiquarian texts, papal sermons/eulogies, inscriptions, frescoes and contemporary maps. An important contribution to current scholarship of early sixteenth century Rome, its urban design and architecture.