European Architecture 1750-1890 (Oxford History of Art)

Takes a minute to adjust his writing style. But this is actually a book I have enjoyed. That says a lot considering it’s a required text for one of my classes. It’s pretty interesting.

This superb book provides a great overview of the period it covers. It provides a springboard into a vast subject area. Like a well done modern textbook, it has wonderful images of the buildings, lots of margin space for notes, fine paper and durable high quality binding, an excellent index with over 1500 items, an index of all images with source and dates, a very useful bibliography that also makes recommendations for further reading on specific topics covered, a glossary of special terms not easily found online, and a comprehensive graphic timeline. The Oxford series has done a masterful job in all ways, coupled with eye-pleasing graphics. Each page also has (in addition to a page number) a label, identifying the chapter topic on the left and page subject on the right. A model of perfection for all physical books on art and architecture.Most importantly, the intelligent writing is clear, well organized, and concise yet deep. Every paragraph has insights, and invites the interested reader to delve into the topic in greater depth. The author provides the essential facts of places, dates, and persons but his real contribution is the presentation of the linkage between human ideas and architectural form. Architecture comes alive as an expression of competing ideals and aspirations at the forefront of social changes.So, with thought-invoking and insightful writing, and a perfect physical book, what else does a demanding architecture history student or enthusiast get? How about an online Amazon "Look Inside" feature that allows you to easily search for any word used in the book, to find each page it is used on, with the sentence it is located in. This is one marriage of books and technology that makes the grade.But perfection is never enough. I now crave large Ultra HD images I could display on my big screen TV screen to accompany the reading of the book. I know that too will eventually come.

Perfect packaging and good book

Purchased for a class. Came on time

I got this for my art history class on architecture in London and Paris. It was a great help for my research paper and to get more information on the buildings that we were studying. It has great photos to go along with the text!

Excellent reference!

Needed this book for my architectural history class. I LOVE it! It has great imagery throughout.

A bit stodgy

A must-have book with many historical references for buildings during the period and tons of illustrations. The basic historical reference for your historical theory classes in university.

This item was a gift

This was so helpful for my first year at UNI studying architecture, it covers the ground of most of the key movements and talks about how both culture and art changed architecture.

OK

concise, informative, fun history of architecture and architecture of history. Makes me want to hop on a trai and go to various places