Tracing Architecture: The Aesthetics of Antiquarianism (Art History Special Issues)

Tracing Architecture looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. It explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction.Discusses the discovery of the ancient world through the medium of print in the long eighteenth century. Looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. Considers the interrelationship between architecture, antiquity and aesthetics in a pan-European context. Explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction. Walter Benjamin's theory of art in the age of mechanical reproduction has been influential in its account of mass production, a consequent disjunction between art and its 'aura' and a concomitant democratization of the image in the late nineteenth century. This work discusses the study of the ancient world - including Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British antiquities - through the medium of print as a Europe-wide phenomenon, where the visual language of the printed image transcended national boundaries Edited By Dana Arnold And Stephen Bending. First Published As Volume 25 Number 4 Of Art History, 2002--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.