Eaton, Ruth.
Ideal cities : utopianism and the (Un)built environment / Ruth Eaton - New York : Thames & Hudson, 2002 - 255 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) maps, ports. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
First published in hardcover in the United States of America in 2002 by Thames & Hudson First published in the United Kingdom in 2002 by Thames & Hudson With 300 illustrations, 250 in colour
Acknowledgements. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Sources of the City from High Antiquity to the Middle Ages. - 3. The Idealization of the City from the Renaissance onwards. - 4. Exporting the Ideal to the New World. - 5. The Horizons of Knowledge. - 6. The search for Order in the Age of Great Cities. - 7. Cities for the Machine Age. - 8. The Revolt of the Citizen. - 9. Conclusion. - Notes. - Selected bibliography. - Index. - Photograhic Credits.
0500341869
Architecture and society.
City planning--History.
Utopias in art.
Visionary architecture.
307.1216 / EAT
Ideal cities : utopianism and the (Un)built environment / Ruth Eaton - New York : Thames & Hudson, 2002 - 255 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) maps, ports. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
First published in hardcover in the United States of America in 2002 by Thames & Hudson First published in the United Kingdom in 2002 by Thames & Hudson With 300 illustrations, 250 in colour
Acknowledgements. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Sources of the City from High Antiquity to the Middle Ages. - 3. The Idealization of the City from the Renaissance onwards. - 4. Exporting the Ideal to the New World. - 5. The Horizons of Knowledge. - 6. The search for Order in the Age of Great Cities. - 7. Cities for the Machine Age. - 8. The Revolt of the Citizen. - 9. Conclusion. - Notes. - Selected bibliography. - Index. - Photograhic Credits.
0500341869
Architecture and society.
City planning--History.
Utopias in art.
Visionary architecture.
307.1216 / EAT