European Architecture 1750-1890

This comprehensive examination of eighteenth and nineteenth-century architecture explores its extreme diversity within the context of tremendous social, economic and political upheaval. Never before had the functional requirements and expressive capacities of architecture been tested so
thoroughly and with such diversity of invention. Bergdoll traces this experimentation in a broad range of contexts, focusing in particular on the relation of architectural design to new theories of history, new categories of scientific inquiry, and the broadening audience for architecture in this
period of transformation. Unlike traditional surveys with long lists of buildings and architects, the themes are elucidated by in-depth coverage of key buildings which in turn are situated in both their local and European context.


"A well-presented thematic survey of the subject. Affordable and readable. Especially good at addressing German and Central European development in a concise manner."--Linda Phipps, University of California, Berkeley

"Bergdoll gives a comprehensive survey with splendid chapters.... A very important addition to many architectural history courses!"--Nina James-Fowler, Smith College