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Rediscovering architecture : Paestum in eighteenth-century architectural experience and theory
- Title
- Rediscovering architecture : Paestum in eighteenth-century architectural experience and theory / Sigrid de Jong.
- Author
- Jong, Sigrid de.
- Publication
- New Haven : Published for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, [2014]
- ©2014
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
- Description
- vii, 353 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
- Alternative Title
- Paestum in eighteenth-century architectural experience and theory
- Subjects
- Architecture > Philosophy > History > 18th century
- Paestum (Extinct city) > Buildings, structures, etc
- Temples > Italy > Paestum (Extinct city)
- Europeans > Travel > Italy > Paestum (Extinct city) > History > 18th century
- Paestum (Extinct city) > In art
- Architecture, Greek > Influence
- Neoclassicism (Architecture)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-343) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Aesthetic experiences. Paradoxical encounters: Paestum and the sublime ; Scenic associations: Paestum and the picturesque -- Experiences of movement. Entering ruins: a physical experience ; Staging ruins: theatrical sequences -- Contextualising experiences. In pursuit of the primitive: history in the making ; The eye of the architect: Paestum exported -- Conclusion.
- Call Number
- JQF 15-458
- ISBN
- 9780300195750 (hbk.)
- 0300195753 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2014953985
- OCLC
- 897881247
- Author
- Jong, Sigrid de.
- Title
- Rediscovering architecture : Paestum in eighteenth-century architectural experience and theory / Sigrid de Jong.
- Publisher
- New Haven : Published for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 322-343) and index.
- Added Author
- Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 15-458