Quatremere de Quincy and the Invention of a Modern Language of Architecture

by Sylvia Lavin

Book Overview

In this important revisionist work, Sylvia Lavin uncovers the origins of one of the fundamental concepts of modern architectural theory, the idea that architecture is a form of language. She... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262121662
• ISBN13: 9780262121668
• Release Date: September 1992
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"