num_pages: 64
description: Thomas J. McCormick, a noted scholar of the century of Enlightenment, examines the phenomenon of the creation of man-made ruins as an architectural form. Picturesque grottos, Gothic Temples and ruins to be inhabited by a hermit are the focus of McCormick's study as he looks at these frequently playful yet melancholy monuments.Table of ContentsMomento MoriThe English LandscapeContinental EuropeChambers and AdamsPiranesi's PrintsClérisseauElsewhere in EuropeAmerican VersionsNotes
language: English
title: Ruins as Architecture: Architecture as Ruins (Monograph
titlecomplete: Ruins as Architecture: Architecture as Ruins (Monograph (Frederic Lindley Morgan Chair of Architectural Design), No. 4.)
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Bauhan Publishing