Passion and Control: Dutch Architectural Culture of the Eighteenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780367737467 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 362 str.

Freek Schmidt

Opis

Redefining long-established paradigms of early modern architectural history, Passion and Control reveals the central importance of architecture to eighteenth-century society. The author presents a tapestry of sources to reconstruct the cultural context and meaning of these buildings as they were perceived by contemporaries, including representation

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction; Domestic pleasures; Arcadian territory; Royal ambitions; Amateur passions; Reforming correction; Space for experiment; Distinguished sociability; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Freek Schmidt is Associate Professor of Architectural History at Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands.