Once built as a stately summer residence for Prince Eugene, the two Belvedere palaces are still home to much Baroque splendor today. Imposing ceiling frescoes, halls lined with precious materials, and not least the breathtaking “Canaletto view” never fail to amaze. Yet this book explains not only the architecture but also the eventful history of the site with the aid of numerou...(展开全部)

An expert on architectural history suggests criteria for evaluating designs and indicates the concepts which link modern architecture to the past

An expert on architectural history suggests criteria for evaluating designs and indicates the concepts which link modern architecture to the past

Paradoxically, Swiss art historian and architecture critic Sigfried Giedion (1888–1968) would only consolidate his reputation as one of the most influential architectural historians of the twentieth century far from his homeland, in America. In his study of Giedion’s life and work Reto Geiser foregrounds the formative character of Giedion’s extended stays in the United States a...(展开全部)

Paradoxically, Swiss art historian and architecture critic Sigfried Giedion (1888–1968) would only consolidate his reputation as one of the most influential architectural historians of the twentieth century far from his homeland, in America. In his study of Giedion’s life and work Reto Geiser foregrounds the formative character of Giedion’s extended stays in the United States a...(展开全部)

玛吉·凯瑟克（1941—1995） 玛吉·凯瑟克一家自19世纪便来到中国，她在中国长大，从小浸淫于中国古典文化之中，成年后回英国牛津大学以及伦敦建筑协会深造，是著名的中国园林研究者。

John Dixon Hunt is widely considered one of the foremost of today's writers on the history and theory of gardens and landscape architecture. Gardens and the Picturesque collects 11 of Hunt's essays - several of them never before published - that deal with the ways in which men and women have given meaning to gardens and landscapes, especially with the ways in which gardens have...(展开全部)

玛吉·凯瑟克（1941—1995） 玛吉·凯瑟克一家自19世纪便来到中国，她在中国长大，从小浸淫于中国古典文化之中，成年后回英国牛津大学以及伦敦建筑协会深造，是著名的中国园林研究者。