Introduction 7 (3)
Chapter 1 Prologue: Laying the Foundations 10 (14)
-- Greece and Rome The rule of the orders.
The urban setting. Rome, the heir of
Greece. Vitruvius, a text for the future
Chapter 2 The Christian Legacy of Rome 24 (14)
Constantine and the New Rome. The Byzantine
achievement. The Byzantine legacy. Western
Europe: darkness before dawn
Chapter 3 Beginning Again: Carolingian and 38 (36)
Romanesque The Carolingian Renaissance to
c. 1000. Germany: the Imperial lands.
France: diversity in unity. The Normans in
Britain. Romanesque in the south: Italy and
Spain
Chapter 4 The Gothic Centuries How Gothic 74 (52)
began. The first Gothic century: France,
1150-1250. Gothic England. How Gothic
ended. Secular and domestic
Chapter 5 The Renaissance: Ancient Rome 126(42)
`Reborn' Florence: the Early Renaissance.
Rome: th...e High Renaissance. The problem of
Mannerism. A developing Renaissance. The
Renaissance outside Italy: Eastern and
Central Europe. England, France and Spain:
problems of adaptation
Chapter 6 Baroque and Anti-Baroque Baroque 168(56)
in Italy: the seed-bed. Central and Eastern
Europe: the flowering. Spain, Portugal and
Latin America: the exotic harvest. France:
a special case. Flanders and the
Netherlands. England and North America
Chapter 7 The Return of Classicism Phases 224(44)
of classicism: from Palladio to the
Revolution. Palaces, ministries and the
Neoclassical city. Privileged domesticity.
Culture and commerce. Classicism and
Christianity. Four architectural portraits
Chapter 8 `In What Style Shall We Build?' 268(36)
Why Neo-Gothic?. Architecture and morality.
Revivals and survivals. The new art. Houses
and homes
Chapter 9 After Style, Modernism Iron, 304(50)
glass and honesty. The doctrine of
Modernism. Modernism and national character.
Alternatives to Modernism. Three
nonconformists
Chapter 10 Epilogue: After Modernism, 354(18)
Style The legacy of Modernism. Ingredients
of Post-Modernism. Variety and scale.
Present dilemmas
Glossary 372(3)
Further Reading 375(1)
Acknowledgments and Illustration Credits 376(1)
Index 377