An Historical Essay on Architecture

Thomas Hope

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107109797

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Volume 1
Thomas Hope

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: October 2014
Print publication year:: 2014
Online ISBN:: 9781107109797
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107109797

Subjects:: Art: General Interest, Art, Applied Arts, Architecture
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture

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With a fondness for classical antiquities and neoclassical design, the connoisseur Thomas Hope (1769–1831) sought to influence Georgian taste by promoting informed interior decoration, displaying his own considerable art collection, and writing with insight on aesthetic topics. This two-volume work, originally published posthumously in 1835, traces the evolution of Western architecture since antiquity. Hope was a keen traveller, and the examples he cites are drawn from buildings that he studied on journeys through Europe and beyond, notably in those countries bordering the Mediterranean. Reissued here in the third edition that appeared in 1840, Volume 1 examines how religions, climates, landscapes and prevailing mores shaped the architectural preferences of civilisations from ancient Egypt to the Gothic revival, as well as how different cultures adapted foreign or ancient architectural innovations for their own ends.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Miscellaneous Frontmatter
pp v-xiv

Contents
pp xv-xx

CHAP. I - INTRODUCTION
pp 1-5

CHAP. II - Origin and Nature of the Egyptian Style of Architecture
pp 6-16

CHAP. III - Origin of the Architecture of the Greeks
pp 17-19

CHAP. IV - Influence upon Architecture of Habit and Religion
pp 20-27

CHAP. V - Nature and Character of the different Orders of Grecian Architecture
pp 28-39

CHAP. VI - Natural and adventitious Circumstances by which Grecian Architecture was affected
pp 40-44

CHAP. VII - On the Origin of the Arch
pp 45-48

CHAP. VIII - Decay of the Architecture of the Greeks, and Progress of that of the Romans
pp 49-73

CHAP. IX - Effect upon Architecture of the Introduction of Christianity, Occupation of Basilicas, and Use of ancient Materials
pp 74-97

CHAP. X - Effect upon ancient Architecture of the Want of Glass, and Changes produced by its Introduction
pp 98-102

CHAP. XI - Some Account of Round or Polygonic Buildings
pp 103-108

CHAP. XII - Rise and Progress of the Architecture of Byzantium
pp 109-129

CHAP. XIII - Derivation of the Persian, Mohammedan, and Moorish Architecture from that of Byzantium
pp 130-139

CHAP. XIV - Derivation of Russian Architecture from that of Byzantium
pp 140-142

CHAP. XV - Destruction of Pagan Works of Art, which took place in the early Days of Christianity, and Progress of the Use of Mosaic and other gaudy Decorations
pp 143-158

CHAP. XVI - Symbols used by the early Christians, and introduced into their Constructions
pp 159-164

CHAP. XVII - Heathen Customs kept up or emulated by the Christians
pp 165-168

CHAP. XVIII - Schism between the Greek and Latin Churches, and its effect upon the latter — the multiplication of sculptured Representations
pp 169-180

CHAP. XIX - Sepulchral Architecture
pp 181-185

CHAP. XX - Early Styles of Architecture on this Side of the Alps derived from Italy
pp 186-193

CHAP. XXI - Investigation of the Circumstances which, towards the End of the Tenth Century, affected Architecture generally and extensively throughout Europe
pp 194-220

CHAP. XXII - Lombard style of Architecture
pp 221-237

CHAP. XXIII - Progress of the Art of constructing Arches and Vaults
pp 238-239

CHAP. XXIV - Forms of the Absis, Entrance, Cupola, Spire, and Steeple usually seen in Lombard Architecture
pp 240-247

CHAP. XXV - Lombard Monastic Architecture
pp 248-250

CHAP. XXVI - Private defensive Architecture of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
pp 251-254

CHAP. XXVII - Lombard Civic Architecture
pp 255-255

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