{"product_id":"heavenly-mansions-and-other-essays-on-architecture","title":"Heavenly Mansions: and Other Essays on Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e Heavenly Mansions: and Other Essays on Architecture (Hardcover, 304 pages) – W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company, 1998. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eBrilliantly written essays on the aesthetic principles and enduring motives of architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e A classic of architectural history and theory, Heavenly Mansions interprets architecture as a reflection of the age in which it flowers, and traces the alternating themes of fantasy and functionalism as exemplified in various styles and in the works of a number of influential men, including Wren, Viollet-le-Duc, William Butterfield, and Le Corbusier. Succinctly summarizing 800 years of viewpoints about architecture, it ranges from Gothic architecture to the Renaissance to the influence of modern abstract art on twentieth-century architecture. \"Each essay is a voyage of discovery. What is so interesting and what makes Mr. Summerson the architectural critic of his generation . . . is [an] aversion to dogma. . . . It is supremely well worth reading.\"―Spectator Photographs and plans  ","brand":"John Summerson, Kent Bloomer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46068933329130,"sku":"9780393318579","price":21.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/61rjRmOyc5L._SY522.jpg?v=1781191577","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/heavenly-mansions-and-other-essays-on-architecture","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}