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What is classicism? / Michael Greenhalgh.

By: Publisher: London : Academy Editions ; New York, NY : St. Martin's Press, [1990]Description: 72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0856709700
  • 9780856709708
  • 0312049250
  • 9780312049256
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: What is classicism?Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued online.
Contents:
Classicism: a broad definition -- The classical tradition: origins and importance -- Classicism: the Middle Ages and the Renaissance -- Classicism in Medieval and Renaissance architecture -- The 17th century -- The 18th century: history and Neo-classicism -- Classicism in painting and sculpture: 18th and 19th centuries -- Academies and change -- Neo-classicism in 19th century architecture -- Classicism and the battle of the styles -- Classicism in 20th-century painting and sculpture -- Modern architecture and classicism -- Planning the modern city -- Modernism and post-modernism in architecture -- Post-modernism and historicism -- Classicism, post-modernism and the future.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 66-72).

Classicism: a broad definition -- The classical tradition: origins and importance -- Classicism: the Middle Ages and the Renaissance -- Classicism in Medieval and Renaissance architecture -- The 17th century -- The 18th century: history and Neo-classicism -- Classicism in painting and sculpture: 18th and 19th centuries -- Academies and change -- Neo-classicism in 19th century architecture -- Classicism and the battle of the styles -- Classicism in 20th-century painting and sculpture -- Modern architecture and classicism -- Planning the modern city -- Modernism and post-modernism in architecture -- Post-modernism and historicism -- Classicism, post-modernism and the future.

Also issued online.