Circa 1700 : architecture in Europe and the Americas / edited by Henry A. Millon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Millon, Henry A.

Series:

Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.) ; 66.

Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.). Symposium papers ; 43.

Studies in the history of art, 0091-7338 ; 66. Symposium papers ; 43 / Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Baroque--Congresses.

Architecture, Baroque.

City planning--Congresses.

City planning.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

247 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington [D.C.] : National Gallery of Art ; New Haven [Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2005]

Contents:

The architecture of Naples in the eighteenth century / Cesare De Seta

Middle-class Rome: from the baroque city to the European capital / Elisa Debenedetti

"Vienna gloriosa": architectural trends and patrons / Hellmut Lorenz

The construction of autocracy: Nicodemus Tessin the Younger and the architecture of Stockholm / Mårten Snickare

The founding of Saint Petersburg and the history of Russian architecture / Dmitry Shvidkovsky

Wren, Vanbrugh, Hawksmoor, and Archer: the search for an English baroque / Giles Worsley

Amsterdam 1700: urban space and public buildings / Konrad A. Ottenheym

From Madrid to Cádiz: the last baroque cathedral for the new economic capital of Spain / Fernando Marías

Lisbon's waterfront image as an allegory of baroque urban aesthetics / Walter Rossa

Robert de Villeneuve and the representation of Quebec City at the end of the seventeenth century / Marc Grignon

From fountain to bridge: baroque projects and Hispanism in Lima / Francisco Stastny.

Notes:

Proceedings of a symposium held at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Sept. 15-16, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0300114753

OCLC:

60798445