(Ebook) Tracing Architecture: The Aesthetics of Antiquarianism (Art History Special Issues) by Dana Arnold, Stephen Bending ISBN 9781405105354, 1405105356

(Ebook) Tracing Architecture: The Aesthetics of Antiquarianism (Art History Special Issues) by Dana Arnold, Stephen Bending ISBN 9781405105354, 1405105356

Tracing Architecture looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. It explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction.Discusses the discovery of the ancient world through the medium of print in the long eighteenth century. Looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. Considers the interrelationship between architecture, antiquity and aesthetics in a pan-European context. Explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction.