Introduction; 1. Neoclassicism: Science, Archaeology and the
Doctrine of Progress; 2. What is Enlightenment? The city and the
public, 1750-1789; 3. Sensationalism from landscape garden to the
architecture of reform, 1750-1800; 4. Revolutionary Architecture;
5. Nationalism and Debates on Architectural Style; 6. Historicism
and new building types; 7. New technology and architectural form;
8. The City Transformed; 9. Fin-de-Siècle;
Bibliographical essay; Timeline; Glossary; Index.
Barry Bergdoll is Professor of Art History at Columbia University
in New York. Author and editor of numerous works on 19th century
architecture, particularly in France and Germany, his publications
include: Le Panthéon: Symbole des Revolutions (Paris, 1989), Léon
Vaudoyer: Historicism in the Age of Industry (MIT, 1994), Karl
Freidrich Schinkel: An Architecture for Prussia (Rizzoli, 1994) and
Mastering McKim's Plan
(Columbia University Press, 1997). Bergdoll has served as curator
or curatorial consultant at the Musée d'Orsay, Canadian Centre for
Architecture, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of
Modern Art in New York, and has served as exhibitions
editor of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
it has an unrivalled consistency of argument ... this book makes a substantial contribution to present knowledge and provides a clear window on the one art form you cannot ignore.
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