Victorian Perceptions of Renaissance Architecture

Title: Victorian Perceptions of Renaissance ArchitectureAuthor: Wheeler, KatherinePublisher: RoutledgeBinding: HardcoverPages: 206Dimensions: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50dProduct Weight: 1.03 lbs.Language: EnglishISBN: 9781472418821In the mid-1880s The Builder, an influential British architectural journal, published an article characterizing Renaissance architecture as a corrupt bastardization of the classical architecture of Greece and Rome. By the turn of the century, however, the same journal praised the Renaissance architect Filippo Brunelleschi as the 'Christopher Columbus of modern architecture.' Victorian Perceptions of Renaissance Architecture, 1850-1914 examines these conflicting characterizations and reveals how the writing of architectural history was intimately tied to the rise of the professional architect and the formalization of architectural education in late nineteenth-century Britain. Drawing on a broad range of evidence, including literary texts, professional journa