Quatremere de Quincy and the Invention of a Modern Language of Architecture

Name: Quatremere de Quincy and the Invention of a Modern Language of Architecture
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ISBN: 9780262121668

ISBN-10: 0262121662

ISBN-13: 9780262121668

Edition: 1992

Authors: Sylvia Lavin

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In this important revisionist work, Sylvia Lavin uncovers the origins of one of the fundamental concepts of modern architectural theory, the idea that architecture is a form of language. She demonstrates how, in some little-studied texts, the late Enlightenment theorist Quatremere de Quincy transformed a simple metaphor into a framework for reconceptualizing the structure of architecture. Lavin's effort to interpret Quatremere in the context of intellectual history permits a deeper understanding of this controversial figure. More importantly, by focusing on the conceptual structure rather than the material illustrations of an architectural idea, she suggests a valuable new approach to the…

Book details

List price: $70.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/1/1992
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 350
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction: Quatremere de Quincy and the Genesis of the Prix Caylus



Origins


Quatremere's Memoire on Egyptian Architecture


Architectural Egyptology of the Eighteenth Century


De l'Architecture Egyptienne



Architectural Etymology


The History of Ethnography


Etymological Science


The Transformation of Type



The Language of Imitation


Architectural Initiation


Speaking Pictures


The Characters of Classicism



The Republic of the Arts


The Context of Art


The Institutions of Art


The Art of a New Institution


Conclusion: The Sociality of Modern Languages of Architecture


Appendixes


Notes


Bibliography


Index