Modernity and the Classical Tradition: Architectural Essays 1980-1987

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Book

Authors

Alan Colquhoun

ISBN 10

0262031388

ISBN 13

9780262031387

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Buildings, history, Architecture

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A collection of essays in which Colquhoun (architecture, Princeton) examines some of the concepts classicism, romanticism, historicism, and rationalism that have prevailed in architectural discourse during the past two centuries and then looks at the role of history in relation to the classical avant-garde. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. - from Amzon

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