Andrew Ballantyne

Architectures: Modernism and After surveys the history of the building from the advent of industrialization to the cultural imperatives of the present moment. Brings together international art and architectural historians to consider a range of topics that have influenced the shape, profile, and aesthetics of the built environment. Presents crucial "moments" in the history of the field when the architecture of the past is made to respond to new and changing cultural circumstances. Provides a view of architectural history as a part of a continuing dialogue between aesthetic criteria and social and cultural imperatives. Part of the New Interventions in Art History Series, which is published in conjunction with the Association of Art Historians.

Richard Payne Knight (1751-1824) was a distinguished connoisseur and critic who played a very significant role in the cultural life of his day. His outlook on life, inspired by Enlightenment ideas and liberal politics, seemed reasonable to some and scandalous to others, and he was involved in some fierce controversies. In the 1790s he denounced the practice of 'Capability' Brown, who remains Britain's most admired landscape designer. Before that he had written a tract on phallic worship in the Catholic church, and later, despite being the most passionate admirer of all things Greek, he failed to recognise the merits of the Parthenon sculptures when they were brought to England, from which oversight his reputation has never recovered. Nevertheless Knight has serious claims on our attention, not only as someone who was in many ways characteristic of his age, but also because he built himself a remarkable house and established not only a garden but a way of appreciating landscape. This study traces for the first time the way in which Knight's thought worked across the whole range of his interests, piecing together a coherent philosophical position, based on the sensibly regulated pursuit of pleasure, which, as the nineteenth century advanced, was increasingly out of step with the tenor of the times. The study shows how Knight's ideas mesh together with each other and how, when seen against the background of the culture of the day, landscape and architecture can take on potent and even inflammatory meaning.

Features around 150 of the most significant buildings in the history of world architecture.

"This collection of essays brings together international art and architectural historians to consider a range of topics that have influenced the shape, profile, and aesthetics of the built environment from 1851 to the present time, showing how buildings and our responses to them are embedded in the cultural process and the ethics of production."--Jacket.

This is a perceptive, knowledgeable history of Tudor-style architecture, recognized around the world as a symbol of British identity. The book also explores the origin of the style in the 18th century, and traces its manifestations through the 19th and 20th centuries to the present day.