Architect Drawings - A Selection of Sketches by World Famous Architects Through History

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements vii

List of Illustrations ix

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Renaissance ( 1500 – 1650 )

Chapter 2 Baroque, French Classicism and Rococo ( 1650 – 1750 )

Chapter 3 Neoclassical, Neogothic, Beaux-Arts ( 1750 – 1870 )

Chapter 4 American Neoclassicism and the Emergence of the

Skyscraper ( 1870 – 1920 )

Chapter 5 The Turn of the Century Europe and its Influences,

Prelude to Modernism ( 1870 – 1910 ) 111

Chapter 6 Early Modern ( 1910 – 1930 ) 141

Chapter 7 Modern and Postmodern ( 1930 – 1980 ) 164

Chapter 8 Contemporary ( 1980 –) 207

Index 261

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