История архитектуры

The eighteenth century was a period of great inventiveness and originality in French decorative arts and interior decoration.

This book discusses in detail the creation and contents of the interiors of French aristocrats and financiers, including some that have never been photographed before. Using contemporary inventories, letters, and journals it brings to life the tastes and preoccupations of their creators - the Royal family, the aristocracy, the fashionable tourists and the nouveaux riches, as well as the dealers and craftsmen who worked for them, the artists, designers and architects. In addition, it explores the wider context of different styles of decoration, the effect upon them of changes in etiquette and social behaviour and the effect they had in turn upon the function and arrangement of rooms within the French interior.

Contents

Introduction
1. Clientele
2. Designers, Guilds and Dealers
3. Styles and Influences
4. Distribution, Use and Content of Rooms
5. Architectural Decoration
6. Furniture
7. Gilt-Bronze
8. Porcelain
9. Lacquer, Tôle and Wallpapers
10. Textiles
11. Silver
Appendix One
Appendix Two
Citation of Sources
Bibliography
Picture Credits
Index

John Whitehead is a frequent exhibitor at international art and antiques fairs, and serves on the committee of the French Porcelain Society. He is a well-known authority on eighteenth-century decorative arts and interior decoration, and has previously written, with Dr Oliver Impey, on the use of Japanese lacquer on French furniture, and with Sir Francis Watson on the porcelain collection of the Grand Dauphin

The Complete Gaudí. Freedom of form with the “Dante of architecture”

Antoni Gaudí merged Orientalism, natural forms, and new materials into a unique Modernista aesthetic that put Barcelona on the global architecture map. With brand-new photography, plans and drawings by Gaudí himself, as well as an extensive appendix of all his works including furniture and unfinished projects, this book takes us through the Catalonian’s fantastical universe like never before.

The life of Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) was full of complexity and contradictions. As a young man, he joined the Catalonian nationalist movement and was critical of the church; toward the end of his life, he devoted himself completely to the construction of one single spectacular church, La Sagrada Família. In his youth, he courted a glamorous social life and the demeanour of a dandy. By the time of his death in a tram accident on the streets of Barcelona, his clothes were so shabby that passersby assumed he was a beggar.

Gaudí’s incomparable architecture channels much of this multifaceted intricacy. From the shimmering surface textures and skeletal forms of Casa Batlló to the Hispano-Arabic matrix of Casa Vicens, his work merged the influences of Orientalism, natural forms, new materials, and religious faith into a unique Modernista aesthetic. Today, his buildings enjoy global popularity and acclaim; his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família, is the most-visited monument in Spain and seven of his works are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Packed full of expert texts and hundreds of full-colour illustrations, including new photography, this book presents Gaudí’s complete oeuvre. Like a personal tour through Barcelona, we explore his residential, religious, and public projects. We see how the “Dante of architecture” was a builder in the truest sense of the word, crafting extraordinary constructions out of minute and mesmerizing details, transforming fantastical visions into realities on the city streets.

The author:

Rainer Zerbst studied modern languages at the University of Tübingen and in Wales from 1969 to 1975. From 1976 to 1982 he worked as a research assistant in the Department of English at the University of Tübingen. Since completing his doctorate in 1982, Zerbst has been active as a critic in the fields of art, literature, and theatre.

About the series:

TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the stars of our program — now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.

One of England's most respected and influential architects, James Gibbs was born in Scotland, studied in Rome, and left a legacy of design the world will treasure forever. His legendary 1728 folio, a sprawling gallery of Gibbs's magnificent drawings, perspectives, and blueprints, is a brilliant testimony to his remarkable talent.

Profusely illustrated, the volume features such notable commissions as London's St. Martin in the Fields—the inspiration for many steeple churches of the colonial period in America; St. Mary le Strand, his first public building; Marybone Chapel; The Church of Allhallows in Derby; plus Gibbs's first commission, an addition for King's College at Cambridge. His most outstanding accomplishment may be the circular Radcliffe Library at Oxford, for which he received a Master of Arts. Also included here are detailed floor plans, plus fine drawings of decorative marble cisterns, ornamental iron gates, stately funeral monuments, and much more. Essential for an understanding of classic architecture, this stunning edition should grace the bookshelf of every architect, as well as architectural students, teachers, and historians.

Reprint of A Book of Architecture, London, 1728.

This comprehensive study of Gothic architecture traces the distinctively beautiful elements of Gothic style through the medieval churches of Europe. Gathered from a rare two-volume Victorian classic, over 700 meticulously rendered details and illustrations display every intricate aspect of Western culture's most magnificent ecclesiastical structures, including London's Westminster Abbey Church. The only edition of these antique architectural plates in print, this splendid book is a one-of-a-kind source of authentic Gothic design.

In page after fascinating page, this rich retrospective features the finest examples of medieval masonwork, woodwork, and metalwork dating back to the thirteenth century. Explore the soaring Gothic characteristics of vaulted ceilings, arched windows, flying buttresses, pointed spires, ornamental filials, and decorative panels, plus doorways, moldings, roofing, porches, door hinges, and other elaborate architectural elements.

Filled with fascinating insights into the creation of Gothic-style churches and cathedrals, this sweeping survey also provides lively observations of the medieval period.

After the global hit Ars Sacra, Rolf Toman and his team embark on a journey once more. The famous French cathedrals of Chartres, Reims and Laon are not the only highlights of this volume. Outstanding treasures of medieval imagery such as religious panel paintings, Madonna statues, illumination and goldsmith art; courtly culture also gets attention.

With his passion and meticulousness, photographer Achim Bednorz succeeded to get details in front of his camera that cannot even be perceived on the original locally. The photographs that are exclusive for this volume are particularly well-presented in their large format. The author Bruno Klein wrote his take on Gothic history to fit, and swiftly takes the reader into a past medieval world almost forgotten.

• Contains some previously unpublished works by the Russian Constructivist Yakov G. Chernikhov, taken from his son’s archive
• With 60 written drafts, 50 drawings and sketches, 200 ornaments, diary entries and private photos from the family album

Dmitry Y. Chernikhov (Hg.)
Graphic Masterpieces of Yakov G. Chernikhov
The Collection of Dmitry Y. Chernikhov
Workbook, notebook (facsimile), diary (facsimile)
400 pages over 450 images, 340 x 450 mm
hardcover with jacket in slipcase (3 vol.)

This splendid large-format volume features exclusive and previously unpublished works and documents from the famous Russian Constructivist Yakov Chernikhov from the archive of his son, Dmitry Chernikhov. These include sixty tables of typefaces, fifty drawings, and sketches, two hundred ornaments, as well as diary excerpts and photos from the private family album. With an introduction by the editor and an essay on Chernikhov’s artistic oeuvre by Dmitry Chmelnizki.

Графические шедевры Якова Чернихова из собрания Дмитрия Чернихова.

In this chronological selection of 32 of the most notable houses of England and Wales, the authors present a panoramic history of the evolution of the 'great house'. The selection tours acknowledged architectural masterpieces, such as Tredegar - one of a number of house in this book that were closed to the public for many years. It is also a history of great families, seen as part of the houses they created, where their descendants, in many cases, still live today. Full of memorable characters and anecdotal insight, this book is a glorious tribute to what Evelyn Waugh called our chief national artistic achievement. The original photographs show the unexpected as well as the familiar - the private rooms and servants' quarters as well as the grand exteriors and staterooms, the gardens and noble landscapes. They include some of the most splendid examples of English art and architecture, from awe-inspiring medieval stone to the beauties of the English Renaissance, the classical grandeur of the 18th century and the highest excesses of High Victorian taste, illustrating the work of Inigo Jones, Sir John Vanbrugh, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Thomas Chippendale, William Kent, Robert Adam and Capability' Brown.

Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd has been writing about country houses and their owners since the 1960s. He was the instigator and editor of an acclaimed four volume Guide to Country Houses and wrote a weekly Heritage column for over 20 years, first for The Field and then for the Weekend section of The Daily Telegraph. His many other books on heritage subjects include Great Houses of England & Wales; Great Houses of Scotland and Great Houses of Ireland.

Christopher Simon Sykes specialises in the photography of architecture and interiors, and is also the author of numerous books including English Country, Scottish Country and Living with Books. His photographs appear regularly in periodicals, including The World of Interiors, House & Garden, Town & Country, Vogue, Vanity Fair and The Sunday Telegraph magazine.

Never will you see English countryside and architecture more amorously photographed, nor the eccentricities of their owners more forgivingly celebrated.  Ferdinand Mount

Illustrations: 100 colour & 100 b&w images

For over 100 years,  Country Life  magazine has been recording the country houses of the British Isles and Europe. From the start, its weekly articles on the subject were illustrated with specially commissioned photographs by some of the century's pre-eminent architectural photographers. Photography remains the lifeblood of the magazine, and it has built up an unrivalled archive of architectural photographs of some of the finest houses in Western Europe.   Great Houses of Europe  brings together a collection of over 200 colour and black-and-white photographs by the master of natural-light photography,  Country Life  photographer Alex Starkey. And the distinguished architectural writer and historian Marcus Binney contributes an illuminating text, providing an essential historical background to some of Europe's most remarkable houses and their magnificent interiors. The book covers a wide range both geographically - there are houses in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden - and in terms of architectural style - from Dutch Classical architecture (Het Loo) to spectacular Gothic revival (Kastel de Harr).  There are astonishing interiors: the stunning stucco ceilings of the Venetian Palazzo Abruzzi, and the beautiful mirror rooms done by the ladies of the Court for the enchanting  lust schloss . Schloss Favourite near Baden; the magnificent Baroque interiors of Schloss Bruhl, built for the Elector of Cologne, and the early 18th-century Baroque Castello Guarane in Piedmont with its fine frescoes; the early 20th-century Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra, built for a diamond tycoon with its fantasy gardens, half underground; the palatial Chateau de Roquetaillade near Bordeaux, gothicised in the 19th century by Villet-le-Duc, and the quintessential medieval extravaganza, the Chateau de Meillant in Burgundy; and, finally, the dramatic Swedish post-Renaissance Castle Stokloster, arguably the finest house in Europe.

In ad 79, the volcano Vesuvius erupted, burying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under ash and rock, and leaving them remarkably well preserved for centuries. While Pompeii has been extensively written about and popularized, the remains of its sister city, a smaller yet wealthier community close to the sea, are less widely known, but they have yielded spectacular archaeological evidence.

This is the first major study of Herculaneum since that of Joseph Jay Deiss, published in 1966 and last revised in 1993. And in any language there have only ever been a handful of books available, mostly guidebooks and exhibition catalogues. Herculaneum is based on the latest excavation work and incorporates much new material that has revolutionized our understanding of the site. The book draws on a decade’s work with the Herculaneum Conservation Project which, thanks to the Packard Humanities Institute, has begun to reverse the neglect of previous years which had reduced this extraordinary site to a critical condition. Illustrated with more than 300 newly taken colour photographs and archive illustrations, plus eight spectacular 360-degree panoramas, it is the definitive overview for the general public of what we know and understand about Herculaneum, of what is still unknown and mysterious, and of the potential for future discoveries in both archaeological and political contexts.

In his highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the dramatic impact of CAD (computer-aided design) on architectural practice at the beginning of the 21st century. Adopting an approach that sees architectural history as a living continuity rather than a museum of neatly labelled styles, the author emphasizes the ongoing vitality of the Classical language of architecture, underlining the continuity between, say, the work of Ictinus in 5th-century BC Athens and that of McKim, Mead and White in 20th-century New York. Authoritative, comprehensive and highly illustrated, this fourth edition has been expanded to bring the story of western architecture right up to date.

Contents
Preface
1. Mesopotamia and Egypt
2. The Classical Foundation: Greek, Hellenistic, Roman
3. Early Christian and Byzantine
4. Carolingian and Romanesque
5. The Gothic Experiment
6. Renaissance Hamrony
7. Baroque Expansion
8. Eighteenth-Century Classicism
9. The Nineteenth Century
10. Art Nouveau
11. The Twentieth Century and Beyond
Glossary
Further Reading
Index

In the post-war decades, Hong Kong architects, many of them having migrated from China or studied overseas, embraced modern principles when forced to face the problems of housing shortage, mass construction and limited budgets in the British colony. Although economic efficiencies often prevailed over design, their buildings were rooted in their time and place, reflecting the local climate, social values, materials, technique and use in an often unique and pragmatic fashion.

With more than 300 buildings and ensembles documented, Hong Kong Modern: Architecture of the 1950s-1970s gives an unprecedented comprehensive overview of the architecture of that transformative period and is unique in combining photography, carefully researched background information and academic essays. The book aims to serve as a visual record and create awareness of the modernist buildings of Hong Kong, and to contribute to a better understanding and discussion of their architectural merit and social, cultural, and historic values.

About the Author:

Walter Koditek is a German urban planner, author and photographer based in Hong Kong. After graduating at Technical University Berlin, Walter’s first professional life had him practicing for almost two decades at various planning/design consultancies and teaching at university. In 2006, he relocated to Asia, where he worked as an urban planning expert in Cambodia and Vietnam. He moved on to Hong Kong in 2014, using the city as a base for his consultant work, and documenting its unique architectural landscape with his camera whenever possible. Walter has always been a strong advocate of cultural heritage conservation. He published the photo book Battambang Heritage (2018, Apsara Books, Hong Kong) and co-authored the Architectural Guide Phnom Penh (2020, DOM publishers, Berlin), before focusing on the modernist architectural legacy of Hong Kong.

Viennese-native Friedrich Stowasser (1928-2000) called himself  Hundertwasser Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt. True to the colorful variety of his names, he pursued many activities as a painter, architect and ecologist, and as "one who awakens identities." This presentation of Hundertwasser's work in all of its different facets is guided by the artist's own view of himself and his purpose. And, because his work is virtually inseparable from his personal life and political activity, a vivid portrait of the artist takes shape before the reader's eyes. Excerpts from conversations between the author and the artist lend a sense of immediacy and authenticity to the narration.

Now in a new flexi edition that is more affordable than ever, this breathtaking volume highlights the world's best modern architecture, the people behind the buildings, and the impact they have had on their surroundings. From New York City's Chrysler Building to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain; from the Sydney Opera House to Kansai International Airport, the buildings profiled here have proved enduring monuments to their architects' visions and the hopes and dreams of their eras.

Presented in full-color, double-page spreads, these buildings represent nearly every continent on the globe and almost every architectural trend of the past century. The double-page spreads provide numerous photographs and plans, a summary of the architect's career, and fascinating anecdotes about building sites, materials, and construction. For architectural students, travelers, and the general reader, this insightful book is the next best thing to visiting the buildings themselves.

This book traces the main influences on interior design from medieval times to modern day. It gives a simple explanation of each style and its history while also looking at the style in a modern context, and gives a visual guide as to how to create the style.

Each chapter starts with an accessible and clear introduction to each style, placing it in its historical context and outlining the factors that influenced the development of the style. An artwork from the period showing the decoration of a room gives an authentic view of how these elements would have been incorporated in interiors at the time.

This is then followed by an overview of the smaller details that also define a look - the furnishing and decorative elements that are representative of that style, from a range of different furniture shapes to silverware and glass, from textiles such as quilts to porcelain and china. Taken together, these spreads give the reader a 'sample board' of each style that forms a fascinating guide.

From Ancient Roman Palace to Modern Residence

By displaying the architectural details such as door, window, arch, column, corridor and roof, this bookclearly and comprehensively reflects the progress of society, the changes of aesthetics and the developmental progress of classical style under the condition that the territorial culture is endowed with new connotations.

Compared with other books of the same kind in the market, this book has the following highlights:

1. Four periods which are European classical period, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and back-to-the-ancient period. Eleven architectural styles which are ancient Greek architecture, ancient Roman architecture, Baroque architecture, classicism architecture, neoclassicism architecture, romanticism architecture, eclecticism architecture.

2. We invited several photographers to go to Italy, Germany, France, America and Austria and so on to take photos. After three months' work, they took more than ten thousand pictures including world famous architecture and a large number of local architecture such as local residences and churches.

3. 6, 000 objective pictures are combined with CAD drawings to display the architecture from distant view to middle-distance view to nearby view to details in three dimensions, comprehensively presenting the design marrow of European classical architecture.

Volume I - The European Classical Period, The Middle Ages, The Renaissance Period

The European Classical Period

Ancient Greek Architecture

Pillar ...........................................007 - 007

Ancient Roman Architecture

Wall ...........................................009 - 009
Door ...........................................010 - 011
Pillar ...........................................012 - 015
Porch ..........................................016 - 017
Arch ...........................................018 - 019
Decorative Components ................020 - 027
Interior Space ..............................028 - 031

The Middle Ages

Byzantine Architecture

Roof ...........................................036 - 039
Window ......................................040 - 040
Pillar ...........................................041 - 041
Porch ..........................................042 - 042
Arch ...........................................043 - 043
Decorative Components ................044 - 045
Interior Space ..............................046 - 055

Romanesque Architecture

Roof ...........................................060 - 063
Window ......................................064 - 064
Door ...........................................065 - 067
Pillar ...........................................068 - 071
Porch ..........................................072 - 072
Arch ...........................................073 - 075
Decorative Components ................076 - 081
Interior Space ..............................082 - 093

Gothic Architecture

Roof ...........................................100 - 105
Wall ...........................................106 - 106
Window ......................................107 - 117
Door ...........................................118 - 137
Pillar ...........................................138 - 138
Porch ..........................................139 - 139
Arch ...........................................140 - 143
Decorative Components ................144 - 173
Interior Space ..............................174 - 195

The Renaissance Period

The Renaissance Architecture

Roof ...........................................204 - 210
Wall ...........................................211 - 211
Window ......................................212 - 226
Door ...........................................227 - 237
Pillar ...........................................238 - 251
Porch ..........................................252 - 253
Arch ...........................................254 - 256
Decorative Components ................257 - 281
Interior Space ..............................282 - 295

Baroque Architecture

Roof .......................................... 304 - 323
Wall ...........................................324 - 325
Window ......................................326 - 351
Door ...........................................352 - 369
Pillar ...........................................370 - 379
Porch ..........................................380 - 382
Arch ...........................................383 - 384
Decorative Components ................385 - 411
Interior Space ..............................412 - 420

Volume II - The Renaissance Period, Retro Trend Period

Classicism Architecture

Roof ...........................................009 - 014
Wall ...........................................015 - 016
Window ......................................017 - 053
Door ...........................................054 - 063
Pillar ...........................................064 - 071
Porch ..........................................072 - 073
Arch ...........................................074 - 078
Decorative Components ................079 - 109
Interior Space ..............................110 - 137

Neoclassicism Architecture

Roof .......................................... 150 - 165
Wall ...........................................166 - 171
Window ......................................172 - 241
Door ...........................................242 - 265
Pillar ...........................................266 - 281
Porch ..........................................282 - 285
Arch ...........................................286 - 293
Decorative Components ................294 - 345
Interior Space ..............................346 - 346

Volume III - Retro Trend Period

Romanticism Architecture

Roof ...........................................007 - 015
Wall ...........................................016 - 017
Window ......................................018 - 029
Door ...........................................030 - 037
Pillar ...........................................038 - 041
Porch ..........................................042 - 042
Arch ...........................................043 - 049
Decorative Components ................050 - 061
Interior Space ..............................062 - 071

Eclecticism Architecture

Roof .......................................... 082 - 103
Wall ...........................................104 - 107
Window ......................................108 - 149
Door ...........................................150 - 181
Pillar ...........................................182 - 205
Porch ..........................................206 - 211
Arch ...........................................212 - 221
Decorative Components ................222 - 257
Interior Space ..............................258 - 270