'Temple Beauties': The Entrance-Portico in the Architecture of Great Britain 1630-1850 (Paperback, New)

The portico is one of the most characteristic and significant features of western architecture and, yet, perhaps, also one of the least closely observed. Redolent of Antiquity and comprising the essential vocabulary of classical architecture in the form of the orders - columns, entablatures and, usually, pediments - it evokes past glories and epitomizes the modular system of design that is central to that architecture. It has often played a key role in, or acted as a barometer of, stylistic innovations. Used widely in Antiquity, especially in temples, the portico suffered a decline following the dissolution of Roman imperial authority in the West. However, sufficient literary and physical remains survived which, when viewed in particular ways, enabled it to regain a central position in architecture, following the Renaissance. Revived in Italy, it was subsequently adopted elsewhere in Europe and eventually in this country, and it is to the tentative introduction of the portico to Britain in the early seventeenth century, its widespread use throughout the eighteenth and much of the nineteenth centuries, and the beginning of its decline towards the end of our period, that this study is devoted.

General

Imprint:	Archaeopress Archaeology
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	December 2011
Authors:	Richard Riddell
Dimensions:	297 x 210 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - A4
Pages:	448
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-905739-44-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > General Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > General
LSN:	1-905739-44-3
Barcode:	9781905739448

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