Main entry:

Arnold, Dana.

Title & Author:

Reading architectural history / Dana Arnold.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Description:

xvii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Restrictions:

Online version licensed for access by U. of T. users.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reading the past : what is architectural history? What is history? / EH Carr ; The fictions of factual representation / Hayden White -- The authority of the author : biography and the reconstruction of the canon. Biographical dictionary / Sir Howard Colvin ; What is an author? / Michel Foucault -- On classical ground : histories of style. Architecture in Britain, 1530-1830 / Sir John Summerson ; Art History and class struggle / Nicos Hadjinicolaou -- A class performance : social histories of architecture. Life in the English country house / Mark Girouard ; In search of cultural history.
Eh Gombrich -- The illusion of inclusion : the guidebook and historic architecture. The buildings of England / Sir Nikolaus Pevsner ; discourses of gender. Sexism and the star system in architecture / Denis Scott Brown ; Planning and representation in the early modern country house / Alice T Friedman.

Summary:

Dana Arnold concentrates on fundamental texts in the study of architectural history with special reference to 18th and 19th century British architectural works. The texts address key themes in the construction of architectural histories.

Resources:
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ISBN:

0415250498 (hb)
9780415250498 (hb)
0415250501 (pb)
9780415250504 (pb)
9780203164471
0203164474

Subject:

Architecture Historiography.
Architecture England History 18th century.
Architecture England 18th century.
Architecture Historiographie.
Architecture Angleterre 18e siècle.
Architecture Angleterre Histoire 18e siècle.
Architecture.
Architekturtheorie
Architektur
Architekturgeschichtsschreibung
Architectuurgeschiedenis (wetenschap)
Architecture Great Britain 18th century.
Architecture Great Britain History 19th century.
Architecture Histoire.
Architecture Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle.
England.
Großbritannien

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 224369
Call No.: NA190 .A76 2002
Status: Available