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Sir John Soane : enlightenment thought and the Royal Academy lectures

Title
Sir John Soane : enlightenment thought and the Royal Academy lectures / David Watkin.
Author
Watkin, David, 1941-2018
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.

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Additional Authors
Sir John Soane's Museum.
Description
xx, 763 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
Series Statement
Cambridge studies in the history of architecture
Uniform Title
Cambridge studies in the history of architecture
Subject
  • Soane, John, 1753-1837
  • Soane, John, 1753-1837
  • Soane, John, Sir, 1753-1837 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Soanen, Jean, (1647-1740)
  • Soane, John, (1753-1837)
  • Architects > England > Biography
  • Neoclassicism (Architecture) > England
  • Architects
  • Neoclassicism (Architecture)
  • Gebouwen
  • Architectuurtheorieën
  • Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
  • Neoclassicism (Architecture) > Great Britain
  • Architects > Great Britain > 18th century
  • Architects > Great Britain > 19th century
  • Néo-classicisme (architecture) > Grande-Bretagne
  • England
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Note
  • "Published in association with Sir John Soane's Museum and the bank of England."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [447]-488 and index.
Contents
pt. 1. The intellectual preparation. 1. Architectural discourse from Wotton to Sandby. 2. Soane's relations with the Royal Academy. 3. First principles and the myth of origin. 4. The architecture of character and sensation. 5. The symbolical language of antiquity -- pt. 2. The Royal Academy Lectures. 6. Analysis of the lectures. 7. Soane and his lecture illustrations. 8. The relation between Soane's ideas and his architecture -- App. 1 List of illustrations to Sandby's lectures at the Royal Academy -- App. 2 List of Soane's lecture illustrations at the Royal Academy /Margaret Richardson and David Watkin -- App. 3 Soane on his design for a royal palace, from Lecture V -- App. 4 An outline catalogue of papers relating to the lectures on architecture delivered at the Royal Academy by Sir John Soane, held at Sir John Soane's Museum / Susan Palmer -- App. 5 Chronology of the delivery of Sir John Soane's Royal Academy lectures /Susan Palmer.
ISBN
  • 0521440912
  • 9780521440912
LCCN
95018311
OCLC
  • ocm32468672
  • 32468672
  • SCSB-9048490
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library