Main entry:

Reynolds, Donald M.

Title & Author:

Nineteenth-century architecture / Donald Martin Reynolds.

Publication:

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Description:

vi, 106 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Series:

The Cambridge introduction to art

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-104) and index.
1. The Classical Revival. Identity and direction. Classical prototypes and contemporary needs. Neoclassicism in the New World. The visionary tradition of Ledoux and Boullee. Durand and his functionalist theory. Neoclassicism in Russia. Neoclassical influence in Germany. Soane and Nash: two great English innovators. Building for civic needs. Semper's theory of the origins of architecture. The Empire style -- 2. The Gothic Revival. Fonthill Abbey and the picturesque. Barry: Classical and Gothic. Pugin and the Gothic Revival churches. Ruskin's influence: moral and social. Viollet-le-Duc: the great restorer -- 3. Architecture and Technology. Engineer builders. The architecture of the Industrial Revolution. Metal skeleton construction. Portability and prefabrication. Cast-iron houses and 'Iron Pots'. Cast-iron ornament. Cast-iron construction in the United States. The glass cage. Railway stations: mirrors of the time -- 4. The Skyscraper. The elevator building. Skeleton construction and the curtain wall. Art Nouveau. Some important Art Nouveau designers -- 5. Domestic Architecture. Tenements. The detached house. The Cottage Orne in Britain. The Cottage Orne in the New World. The Bracketed Mode. The Stick Sale. The Shingle Style. Victorian variations. Anglo-American transitions. Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie House. The detached house today.

Summary:

The book explores the main trends of nineteenth-century architecture through illustrations and clear explanations. Not only are major European buildings described, like Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace and Charles Barry's Houses of Parliament but also, for example, the growth of the skyscraper in the United States and Australian ironwork construction.

ISBN:

0521355966 (hardcover)
9780521355964 (hardcover)
0521356830 (paper)
9780521356831 (paper)

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 19th century.
Architecture 19e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.
Architektur
Einführung
Architecture History

Form/genre:

Einführung.

Added entries:

Cambridge introduction to art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 328342
Call No.: 328342
Status: Available