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Architecture, liberty and civic order : architectural theories from Vitruvius to Jefferson and beyond /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Westfall, Carroll William (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2015]
Subjects:
Architecture and history.
Architecture > Philosophy.
Architekturtheorie.
Table of Contents:
  • Imitation in general
  • Vitruvius
  • Alberti on the art of building
  • Alberti, architect and urbanist
  • Vitruvianism and Palladio
  • Events in the classical tradition on the continent
  • The classical tradition's fate west of the Channel
  • Jefferson, architect, and the classical tradition
  • Imitation and architecture's restoration
  • The beautiful and good city.