The Architecture of A. Palladio; In Four Books. Containing a Short Treatise of the Five Orders, and Observations Concerning All Sorts of Building: As - Paperback

by Andrea Palladio (Author)

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.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. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT022367Titlepage in red and black. Includes: 'Appendix. The antiquities of Rome. By Andrea Palladio To which is added, a discourse of the fires of the ancients'. Translated from the Italian by N. Dubois.London: printed for A. Ward; S. Birt; D Browne; C. Davis; T. Osborne; and A. Millar, 1742. 2v., plates: ill., port.; 2