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.

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