Designs of desire: architectural and ornament prints and drawings, 1500-1800
1999, 1st Edition. Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #339391
ISBN: 0903598000
Physical description: 328 pages: illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Contents: Gothic and early renaissance designs for stained glass -- Durer and the little master tradition in Germany -- Raphael's pupils and developments in Rome, Mantua, and Genoa -- Serlio and Emilio Romanga -- Fontainebleau and Paris -- Antwerp, the low countries and Germany -- Rome and the council of Trent -- Europe in the melting pot: cross-currents in design -- Louis XIV and Versailles -- Counter reformation in Italy and Spain -- German baroque and princely magnificence -- British baroque -- The regence in eighteenth-century France -- Entertainments: bandstands, firework displays and temporary structures -- Piranesi and his influence in France -- Le Gout Grec in France and Chambers and Wilton in Britain -- Robert Adam: his office, followers and influence -- France 1774-1815: Style Louis XVI to empire -- The Greek revival -- The gothic revival and antiquarianism -- Scotland in the nineteenth century. Subjects: Architecture in art; Exhibitions. Architectural drawing Europe; Exhibitions. Architectural drawing Detailing; Exhibitions. Decoration and ornament, Architectural Europe; Exhibitions. Decoration and ornament, Architectural. Architecture History. Decoration and ornament History. Prints history. Genre: Exhibition catalogues. Illustrated.
Price: €30.00