Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Pelican History of Art series), by Hitchcock, Henry-Russell
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Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Pelican History of Art series), by Hitchcock, Henry-Russell. Penguin Books: Baltimore, Maryland, 1968. Edition: Third Edition. Hardcover, 4to, 7.5 by 10.5, 520 pages. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decorative rules on spine; title on spine in black box.

Condition: Fine in Very Good jacket and slipcase. Both jacket and slipcase show slight rubbing along edges.

Contents: Publisher's Note:

The scope of this volume is international; it covers not only the countries of Europe but also North and South America and Australia, and considers the work of the most influential architects and movements. Unlike most other general accounts of the architecture of the last 150 years, this is not primarily a history of modern architecture, but an attempt to bring out in each of the successive aspects of architectural production since 1800 its own intrinsic merits.

The first part deals with Romantic Classicism and the Picturesque (including Gothic Revival); the second part with the Second Empire Mode and the High Victorian Gothic; and the third part with Art Nouveau and with the work of modern architects, including Perret, Wright, Behrens, Le Corbusier, Gropius, and Mies van der Rohe. Many of the photographs were taken especially for this book. There are 196 pages of plates and 57 text figures.