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Volume 2. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1200grams, ISBN: 0262150190.
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Used-Very Good. Balthasar Neumann (1687-1753) has been called by Kenneth Clark 'the greatest architect of the eighteenth century. ' Described as being at the same time 'sensuous and complex, frivolous and devout, ceremonious and playful, ' Neumann's work provided a high point in the tradition of intensely spatial architecture begun early in the seventeenth century in Italy and France. Neumann was one of Europe's most prolific architects, and among his many building types, churches provide the most dramatic examples of his use of transparent, light-saturated space. Kenneth Clark has described these churches of Bavaria as 'the discovery of a new truth, that the faithful may be persuaded by joy rather than fear. ''Space into Light' is the first ample analysis of Neumann's church architecture to be published in English. It abandons scholarly abstraction to recreate the living situation of eighteenth-century design and construction strategies. Of particular value to students of the Baroque and Roccoco and to readers interested in the aesthetic and symbolic import of the built environment are the book's 130 illustrations, which include 8 pages in full color. The illustrations portray models and plans, sections and elevations, interior details, facades, and full and partial views--from Neumann's first parish churches to his masterpieces at Vierzehnheiligen and Neresheim. Christian F. Otto, editor of 'The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, ' explains the extraordinary times in which Neumann worked and presents important new information on the special relationship of the patron and architect. He points out that in an era when palatial commissions were often capriciously dictated by wealthy patrons, Neumann was able to create freely within the conventions of religious buildings. During this remarkable period he observes that one theologian stated, 'I know that God cannot live at all without me; if I am destroyed, it will be necessary for Him to die. ' Neumann's work embodies just such emotional individualism, resulting in the most resplendent of all religious architecture, as popular today as it was in its own time. 'Space into Light' is the second volume in The Architectural History Foundation/MIT Press Series. 2nd Printing 1980, clean copy, excellent reference copy. MInor wrinkling with stains on paper. Discoloration on cover.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. Architectural History Foundation Book; B&W Photographs; 296 pages; Light smudging to the back edge of the spine. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings.; -Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.
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Good. New York/London: The Architectural History Foundation/The MIT Press, 1980. 2nd printing. Sm 4to hardcover. 296pp. Illustrations. Good book. Very Good dust jacket. Page edges foxed. Dust jacket price clipped. (Church Architecture) Inquire if you need further information.
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Fine in fine jacket. 163 black & white illustrations, small 4to, beige cloth, d.w. New York: Architectural History Foundation, (1980). d.w. First Edition. Fine.
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