Vitruvius Britannicus: The Classic of Eighteenth-Century British Architecture (Dover Architecture)
By Colen Campbell.
Description
A consortium of British architects and their patrons rebelled against the early eighteenth century's Baroque excesses and turned instead toward the Renaissance works of Andrea Palladio for inspiration. These Neo-Palladians guided the course of British architecture toward classical principles, and the Vitruvius Britannicus (British Vitruvius) reflects their vision. A sumptuous collection of magnificent copperplate engravings, it depicts great English country houses and public buildings.Published between 1715 and 1725 in a three-folio set, the Vitruvius Britannicus documents in meti...
ISBN(s)
0486447995, 9780486447995
