Architectural temperance : Spain and Rome, 1700-1759 /
Victor Deupi.
- xvii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Routledge research in architecture .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 184-207) and index.
"Architectural Temperance examines relations between Bourbon Spain and papal Rome (1700-1759) through the lens of cultural politics. With a focus on key Spanish architects sent to study in Rome by the Bourbon Kings, the book also discusses the establishment of a program of architectural education at the newly founded Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. Victor Deupi explores why a powerful nation like Spain would temper its own building traditions with the more cosmopolitan trends associated with Rome; often at the expense of its own national and regional traditions. Through the inclusion of previously unpublished documents and images that shed light on the theoretical debates which shaped eighteenth-century architecture in Rome and Madrid, Architectural Temperance provides an insight into 18th century Spanish architecture in English"--
9780415724395 (hardback)
2014006114
Real Academia de Nobles Artes de San Fernando.
Architecture and society--History--Spain--18th century. Architecture--History--Spain--18th century. Architecture--Italian influences.--Spain Architecture--Study and teaching--Spain--Madrid. Architecture--Study and teaching--Italy--Rome. ARCHITECTURE / History / Contemporary (1945-). ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial. ARCHITECTURE / Methods & Materials.