What is classicism?
By: Michael Greenhalgh.
Publisher: Academy Editions; St. Martin's Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Classicism in art -- History.; Art -- History.
Description: Offers a survey of classicism's myriad manifestations to date, tracing its lineage from Antiquity, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, to the Enlightenment and the present day.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-72).
Table of contents: title: Classicism: a broad definition; title: The classical tradition: origins and importance; title: Classicism: the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; title: Classicism in Medieval and Renaissance architecture; title: The 17th century; title: The 18th century: history and Neo-classicism; title: Classicism in painting and sculpture: 18th and 19th centuries; title: Academies and change; title: Neo-classicism in 19th century architecture; title: Classicism and the battle of the styles; title: Classicism in 20th-century painting and sculpture; title: Modern architecture and classicism; title: Planning the modern city; title: Modernism and post-modernism in architecture; title: Post-modernism and historicism; title: Classicism, post-modernism and the future.