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An edition of What is classicism? (1990)

What is classicism?

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Offers a survey of classicism's myriad manifestations to date, tracing its lineage from Antiquity, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, to the Enlightenment and the present day.

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English
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72

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What is classicism?
1990, Academy Editions, St. Martin's Press
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-72).

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London, New York, NY

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Library of Congress
N7432.5.C6 G74 1990

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72 p. :
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72

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OL22859616M
Internet Archive
whatisclassicism0000gree
ISBN 10
0856709700
OCLC/WorldCat
22976167
LibraryThing
3524407

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OL4682211W

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