Remarks on the Architecture of the Middle Ages: Especially of Italy

by Robert Willis

Book Overview

Professor of natural and experimental philosophy at the University of Cambridge, Robert Willis (1800-75) mostly lectured on mechanism, and was elected an honorary member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1838. But Willis's interests also included Italian Gothic architecture, and his observations on the style, amassed in 1832-3 while travelling in France, Italy and Germany, were presented in this book, first published in 1835. The work is a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108051774
• ISBN13: 9781108051774
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"