Main entry:

Summerson, John, 1904-1992.

Title & Author:

Heavenly mansions : and other essays on architecture / John Summerson ; [with a foreword by Kent Bloomer].

Publication:

New York : Norton, ©1998.

Description:

xviii, 253 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm

Notes:
Originally published: London : Cresset Press, 1949.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Heavenly Mansions: An Interpretation of Gothic -- II. Antitheses of the Quattrocento -- III. The Mind of Wren -- IV. John Wood and the English Town-Planning Tradition -- V. The Vision of J.M. Gandy -- VI. Viollet-le-Duc and the Rational Point of view -- VII. William Butterfield, or the Glory of Ugliness -- VIII. Architecture, Painting and le Corbusier -- IX. The Mischievous Analogy -- X. The Past in the Future.

Summary:

A classic of architectural history and theory, Heavenly Mansions interprets architecture as a reflection of the age in which it flowers, and it traces the alternating themes of fantasy and functionalism as exemplified in various styles and in the works of a number of influential men, including Christopher Wren, Viollet-le-Duc, William Butterfield, and Le Corbusier. It gives an account of John Wood and the unique English Town-Planning Tradition begun early in the eighteenth century, and of J.M. Gandy, whose two curious books of designs paralleled the Romantic Age of literature and were yet unmistakably prophetic of cubism. Succinctly summarizing 800 years of viewpoints about architecture, it ranges from Gothic architecture to the Renaissance to the influence of modern abstract art on twentieth-century architecture. This work is invaluable to students of art, architecture, and the humanities in general.

ISBN:

0393318575 (pbk.)
9780393318579 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture.
architecture (discipline)

Form/genre:

Essays.

Added entries:

Bloomer, Kent C., 1935-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 204582
Call No.: NA2599.8.S955.A35 1998
Status: Available