Reading architectural history

Arnold, Dana

Reading architectural history - London Routledge 2002 - xvii, 229p. ill. 25cm.

Reading the past: what is architectural history? The authority of the author: biography and the reconstruction of the canon On classical ground: histories of style A class performance: social histories of architecture The illusion of inclusion: the guidebook and historic architecture Reading architectural herstories: the discourses of gender

A selection of essays and texts examining the historiographic and socio/cultural implications of the mapping of British architectural history, with particular reference to 18th and 19th century Britain. Bibliography.

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ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
ARCHITECTURE
HISTORIC BUILDINGS

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