In the last twenty years, reception studies have significantly enhanced our understanding of the ways in which Classics has shaped modern Western culture, but very little attention has been directed toward the reception of classical architecture. Housing the New Romans: Architectual Receptionand Classical Style in the Modern World addresses this gap by investigating ways in which appropriation and allusion facilitated the reception of Classical Greece and Rome through the requisition and redeployment of classicizing tropes to create neo-Antique sites of "dwelling" in the...
In the last twenty years, reception studies have significantly enhanced our understanding of the ways in which Classics has shaped modern Western cult...
This book examines the reception and appropriation of Classical (Greco-Roman) Art and Architecture in New York from 1830-1940, including Pennsylvania Station, Rockefeller Center, the Gould Memorial Library, the proposed Civic Center (Foley Square), Federal Hall, as well as on the use of inscriptions in New York's art and architecture.
This book examines the reception and appropriation of Classical (Greco-Roman) Art and Architecture in New York from 1830-1940, including Pennsylvania ...
