The persistence of the classical : essays on architecture presented to David Watkin / edited by Frank Salmon

Salmon, Frank

ISBN 10: 0856676616 / ISBN 13: 9780856676611

Published by London : Philip Wilson Pub, 2008

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Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiv, 240 p.: ill., plans; 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references. "Bibliography of David John Watkin, 1961-2008": p. 229-240. Contents:Theories, histories and writers -- Neo-classical and nineteenth-century studies -- Classicism and the picturesque in the twentieth century. Subjects: Watkin, David 1941-2018. Neoclassicism (Architecture). Architecture, Modern 20th century. Philip Hope Bagenal [1885-1979]. Marie-Joseph Peyre [1730-1785]. Classicism in architecture. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated. Summary: "In this volume fifteen distinguished writers on architecture offer essays to mark the retirement of Professor David Watkin from the University of Cambridge. Linked by the common theme of classicism, the chapters are divided into three sections. The first section is concerned with architectural ideas and includes essays on Renaissance interpretations of Vitruvius, Roman Catholic chapels in post-Reformation London, and the architectural writers John Summerson and Hope Bagenal; the central section addresses aspects of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century neoclassicism and includes new work on Marie-Joseph Peyre, Charles Barry, and C.R. Cockerell; and the final section is devoted to studies of classicism and the Picturesque in the twentieth century. Essays in this last section include studies of Albert Richardson and the architectural partnership of McMorran and Whitby, as well as an account of the rise of postmodernism in relation to the Architecture of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts exhibition held at The Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1975-6. The book includes 107 monochome illustrations and a full bibliography of David Watkin's own writings." "The authors of the book include Barry Bergdoll, Anthony Geraghty, Manolo Guerci, John Harris, Richard John, Robin Middleton, Roderick O'Donnell, Alan Powers, John Martin Robinson, Frank Salmon, Charles Saumarez Smith, Roger Scruton, Gavin Stamp, John Wilton-Ely, and Christopher Woodward." 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The persistence of the classical : essays on architecture presented to David Watkin / edited by Frank Salmon
• Publisher: London : Philip Wilson Pub
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0856676616
• ISBN 13: 9780856676611
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st edition.

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Synopsis

In this volume fifteen distinguished writers on architecture mark the retirement of Professor David Watkin from the University of Cambridge. Linked by the common theme of classicism, the chapters are divided into three sections. The first is concerned with architectural ideas and includes essays on Renaissance interpretations of Vitruvius, Roman Catholic Chapels in post-Reformation London, and architectural writers John Summerson and Hope Bagenal. The central section deals with aspects of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Neo-classicism and includes new work on Marie-Joseph Peyre, Charles Barry and C.R. Cockerell. The final section is devoted to studies of classicism and the Picturesque in the twentieth century. The book is beautifully designed, with 107 monochrome illustrations and a full bibliography of David Watkin's work.

About the Author

DAVID WATKIN is one of the world's most renowned architectural historians. His History of Western Architecture (1986) has been translated into five languages, whilst Morality and Architecture (1977) stands as one of the most challenging texts on architectural theory written in the second half of the twentieth century. Among more than twenty books he has written are The Life and Work of C.R. Cockerell (1974), which won the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, Sir John Soane: Enlightenment Thought and the Royal Academy Lectures (1996), winner of the Banister Fletcher Prize of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and, most recently and also published by Philip Wilson, Carl Laubin Paintings. David Watkin has worked for his entire career at the University of Cambridge, where he has been a Fellow of Peterhouse since 1970. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He has been Vice-Chairman of The Georgian Group since 1991. Frank Salmon is a Lecturer in the History of Art at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.