The Ruins of the Most Beautiful Monuments of Greece

Le Roy, Julien-David; translated by David Britt

ISBN 10: 0892366699 / ISBN 13: 9780892366699

Edité par Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, 2004

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Translation of this notable monograph on ancient Greek architecture, first published in France in 1758, important for its consideration of cultural context rather than accurate detail. Introduction - about a third of the book - by Robin Middleton. Large paperback, as pictured; minor wear to corners, upper rear corner bumped with light creasing to perhaps 90 pages; pencil name (of art history professor Narciso Menocal) & date on half-title. Text clean; xi, blank, 550 pages + note on translator & introducer, list of the publisher's Texts & Documents series; index, selected bibliography, many plates, figures, & illustrations. Size: 7" by 10".

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Ruins of the Most Beautiful Monuments of Greece
• Éditeur: Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles
• Date de parution: 2004
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0892366699
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780892366699
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Ancient History
  • Architecture & Interior Decoration

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Synopsis

Julien-David Le Roy's Les ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grece, initially issued in 1758, first revealed to European eyes the wonders of Greek classical architecture. Overnight, Greece became the rage, much to the chagrin of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and other defenders of the genius of Rome. The impact of the volume's splendid engravings of Athens's ancient ruins on contemporary aesthetics was heightened, particularly in the much-expanded edition of 1770, by its two highly provocative theoretical essays. In one, Le Roy set forth a compelling linear history of the conceptual forms of architecture that began in Egypt, moved to Greece, then Rome, and finally modern Europe. In the other, seeking to express the experience of architectural form and its effects, Le Roy gave new voice to feeling. Here the second edition of Les ruines is published in English for the first time, framed by Robin Middleton's sweeping exposition of both the intellectual milieu out of which Le Roy's work emerged and the controversies it generated.