A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture, in the Representation of the Most Noted Buildings of Foreign Nations, Both Ancient and Modern: Display'd - Paperback

by Johann Bernhard Fischer Von Erlach (Author)

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The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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British Library

T095720

Titlepage in red and black. With an additional French titlepage, engraved.

London: published at the expence of the translator, and to be had only at his house; and during the sessions of Parliament, at the pamphlet shop, in the Court of Requests, 1737. [4],28p., plates: map; 2