Lavin, Sylvia.
Quatremère de Quincy and the invention of a modern language of architecture / Sylvia Lavin.
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, ©1992.
334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Uncovers the origins of the idea that architecture is a form of language. The author demonstrates how the late Enlightenment theorist Quatremere de Quincy transformed a simple metaphor into a framework for reconceptualizing the structure of architecture.
0262121662 (hardcover)
9780262121668 (hardcover)
Quatremère de Quincy, M. (Antoine-Chrysostome), 1755-1849
Architecture Language.
Architecture History
Theses.
Location: Library main 74941
Call No.: NA44.Q2.23 L3 1992
Status: Available
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