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1	Adventures with Old Houses more books like this by Richard H Jenrette, H R H Charles the Prince of Wales (Foreword by) add to wishlist This is the story of one man's adventures in acquiring and bringing back to life some of America's most enticing and historically significant dwellings. With the eye of a connoisseur, the business acumen derived from a legendary career in international finance, and a Jeffersonian grasp of classical architecture, Richard Hampton Jenrette reveals ... see all copies from $30.00! new only from $99.00!
2	Oxford History of Art more books like this by Barry Bergdoll add to wishlist This comprehensive examination of eighteenth and nineteenth-century architecture explores its extreme diversity within the context of tremendous social, economic and political upheaval. Bergdolls offers a penetrating analysis of the very ways issues of style functioned to make architecture one of the most vitally experimental of art forms in a ... see all copies from $10.03! new only from $16.80! \| SVS
3	Architecture in Britain, 1530 to 1830 more books like this by Sir John Newenham Summerson add to wishlist The author charts the development of architectural theory and practice from Elizabeth I to George IV. Questions of style, technology, and the social framework are resolved as separable but always essential components of the building worlds. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $29.90! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Palladio and Palladianism more books like this by Mr. Robert Tavernor add to wishlist Robert Tavernor looks at Palladianism in terms of its meaning, and sees it as part of the history of ideas. Here, architecture is returned to its place as the art that embodies values. see all copies from $6.93! new only from $20.96!
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6	Neoclassicism A&i more books like this by David Irwin add to wishlist The period of Neoclassicism in the visual arts was an age of Classical revival, drawing directly on antiquity itself. At a time when archaeologists were making fresh dicoveries and The Grand Tour of ancient sites in the Mediateranian was in vogue, Neoclassicism flourished and spread in all directions as far as St Petersburg, Philadelphia and ... see all copies from $14.26! new only from $58.89!
7	Palladio's Architecture and Its Influence: A Photographic Guide more books like this by Joseph C Farber, Henry Hope Reed add to wishlist These 154 remarkable photographs reveal the beauty of 29 masterworks by Palladio and 37 British and American structures that embody the Palladian heritage. Captions, text by architectural historian Henry Hope Reed. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions
8	In Jefferson's Shadow: The Architecture of Thomas R. Blackburn more books like this by Bryan Clark Green, Richard Guy Wilson (Foreword by) add to wishlist In 1999, historians at the Virginia Historical Society acquired three curiously bound volumes of drawings and documents created between 1821 and 1858 by a longa "and unjustifiablya "forgotten architect named Thomas R. Blackburn. Inspection revealed that these were, in fact, no ordinary documents but a unique window onto the life of a distinguished ... see all copies from $15.79! new only from $15.79! \| first editions
9	Palladio and Northern Europe: Books, Travellers, Architects more books like this by Guido Belrramini, Guido Beltramini, Howard Burns add to wishlist Between the 17th and 18th centuries, the architecture of Andrea Palladio became a model that would be imitated in the execution of public and private buildings in Northern Europe and in America. see all copies from $66.46!
10	Neoclassicism in the North: Swedish Furniture and Interiors 1770-1850 more books like this by Hakan Groth, Fritz Von Der Schulenburg (Photographer) add to wishlist An exploration of Swedish furniture and interiors, from royal salons with exquisite Pompeian ornament to modest splatter-painted Biedermeier halls. The volume contains nearly 400 photographs presenting the decoration and furnishings of 20 houses and apartments in neoclassical style with a Swedish freshness. The text traces the evolution of the ... see all copies from $22.59! new only from $22.59! \| SVS
11 view cover	Friedrich Gilly: Essays on Architecture, 1796-1799 more books like this by Fritz Neumeyer, David Britt (Translator), Friedrich Gilly add to wishlist When Friedrich Gilly died in 1800 at the age of 28, his architectural career had spanned less than a decade and construction of his major designs was incomplete. Nevertheless, his ideas so strongly influenced Berlin architecture of the next century that he is now widely regarded as the founder of Berlin's distinct architectural tradition. By ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
12	Neoclassical Vol 1 more books like this by Robin Middleton, Rizzoli, David Watkins add to wishlist see all copies from $22.94! new only from $83.50!
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14 view cover	The Pantheon: Design, Meaning, and Progeny more books like this by Professor William L MacDonald add to wishlist The Pantheon in Rome is one of the grand architectural statements of all ages. This richly illustrated book isolates the reasons for its extraordinary impact on Western architecture, discussing the Pantheon as a building in its time but also as a building for all time. Mr. MacDonald traces the history of the structure since its completion and ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15 view cover	Adam Style more books like this by Steven Parissien add to wishlist In the mid-Georgian era, 1750-1785, a form of domestic neo-classicism arose that came to named after the architect, Robert Adam. This book provides a survey of the Adam-style house from the outside in. It begins with the architectural shell and the styles for the windows, doors and ironwork, moving inside to discuss the decorative plasterwork, ... see all copies from $11.60! new only from $25.73! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Architecture of the Eighteenth Century more books like this by Sir John Newenham Summerson add to wishlist Looks at eighteenth-century palaces, churches, theaters, libraries, museums, prisons, hospitals, and banks, discusses their various styles, and discusses the development of urban planning. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.17! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Works in Architecture of Robert & James Adam more books like this by Robert Adam add to wishlist One of the most celebrated books in architectural history, this volume consists of the Adam brothers' own selections of illustrations from their high-profile commissions. Dating from the 1770s, these 106 illustrated plates epitomize the style that influenced generations of British and American architectural and furniture designs. see all copies from $8.62! new only from $8.62! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Sir John Soane: The Royal Academy Lectures more books like this by David Watkin (Editor), Sir John Soane add to wishlist Sir John Soane: The Royal Academy Lectures contains the full text of Soane's lectures, edited by David Watkin from the manuscripts at the Sir John Soane's Museum in London. It is a revised and abridged edition of his award-winning book Sir John Soane: Enlightenment Thought and the Royal Academy Lectures. In his introduction to this new volume, ... see all copies from $6.58! new only from $6.93!
19 view cover	As Befits a Legend: Building a Tomb for Napoleon, 1840-1861 more books like this by Michael Paul Driskel add to wishlist This work is an examination of the tomb of Napoleon - its construction process, historical context, and political and social meanings. It documents the problems inherent in building an appropriate monument and the debate it generated. see all copies from $4.24! new only from $6.98! \| first editions
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21 view cover	Berlin more books like this by Alan Balfour add to wishlist This book documents the evolution of Potsdamer Platz and Leipziger Platz and their surroundings over a 200-year period, examining the architects and statesmen that have sought to remake Berlin in their own images of an ideal future order. 221 black-and-white illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
22 view cover	Karl Friedrich Schinkel: A Universal Man more books like this by Mr. Michael Snodin (Editor) add to wishlist This book is about one of the greatest and most influential architects and designers of the 19th century. Schinkel designed many of the great buildings of his native Germany; his architecture still dominates Berlin. Schinkel was also a painter and theatre designer; his work in these areas, as in his earliest architecture, were key expressions of ... see all copies from $9.96! new only from $35.00! \| first editions
23 view cover	Monumental Classic Architecture in Great Britain and Ireland more books like this by Sir A E Richardson add to wishlist Detailed text and illustrations examine the buildings of the great neoclassical period, 1730-1875. The roster of masterpieces pictured and described include The Customs House, Dublin; The Bank of England, Liverpool; Newgate Prison, London; The British Museum, London; The National Gallery, Edinburgh; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; and many more ... see all copies from $3.81! new only from $10.75! \| first editions
24 view cover	James Athenian Stuart: The Rediscovery of Antiquity more books like this by Dr. Susan Weber Soros (Editor) add to wishlist The creation of the 'Greek style' and its pervasive impact in England and on the Continent during the third quarter of the eighteenth century was largely due to James Stuart's landmark multi-volume publication "Antiquities of Athens", coauthored with Nicholas Revett. Stuart, subsequently known as 'Athenian' Stuart, went on to a highly influential ... see all copies from $60.00! new only from $60.57! \| first editions \| SVS
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