An Historical Essay on Architecture

Thomas Hope

doi:10.1017/CBO9781107109797

With a fondness for classical antiquities and neoclassical design, the connoisseur Thomas Hope (1769–1831) sought to influence Georgian taste by promoting informed interior decoration, displaying his own considerable art collection, and writing with insight on aesthetic topics. This two-volume work, originally published posthumously in 1835, traces the evolution of Western architecture since antiquity. Hope was a keen traveller, and the examples he cites are drawn from buildings that he studied on journeys through Europe and beyond, notably in those countries bordering the Mediterranean. Reissued here in the third edition that appeared in 1840, Volume 1 examines how religions, climates, landscapes and prevailing mores shaped the architectural preferences of civilisations from ancient Egypt to the Gothic revival, as well as how different cultures adapted foreign or ancient architectural innovations for their own ends.

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Frontmatter
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Miscellaneous Frontmatter
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Contents
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CHAP. I - INTRODUCTION
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CHAP. II - Origin and Nature of the Egyptian Style of Architecture
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CHAP. III - Origin of the Architecture of the Greeks
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CHAP. IV - Influence upon Architecture of Habit and Religion
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CHAP. V - Nature and Character of the different Orders of Grecian Architecture
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CHAP. VI - Natural and adventitious Circumstances by which Grecian Architecture was affected
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CHAP. VII - On the Origin of the Arch
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CHAP. VIII - Decay of the Architecture of the Greeks, and Progress of that of the Romans
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CHAP. IX - Effect upon Architecture of the Introduction of Christianity, Occupation of Basilicas, and Use of ancient Materials
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CHAP. X - Effect upon ancient Architecture of the Want of Glass, and Changes produced by its Introduction
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CHAP. XI - Some Account of Round or Polygonic Buildings
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CHAP. XII - Rise and Progress of the Architecture of Byzantium
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CHAP. XIII - Derivation of the Persian, Mohammedan, and Moorish Architecture from that of Byzantium
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CHAP. XIV - Derivation of Russian Architecture from that of Byzantium
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CHAP. XV - Destruction of Pagan Works of Art, which took place in the early Days of Christianity, and Progress of the Use of Mosaic and other gaudy Decorations
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CHAP. XVI - Symbols used by the early Christians, and introduced into their Constructions
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CHAP. XVII - Heathen Customs kept up or emulated by the Christians
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CHAP. XVIII - Schism between the Greek and Latin Churches, and its effect upon the latter — the multiplication of sculptured Representations
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CHAP. XIX - Sepulchral Architecture
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CHAP. XX - Early Styles of Architecture on this Side of the Alps derived from Italy
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CHAP. XXI - Investigation of the Circumstances which, towards the End of the Tenth Century, affected Architecture generally and extensively throughout Europe
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CHAP. XXII - Lombard style of Architecture
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CHAP. XXIII - Progress of the Art of constructing Arches and Vaults
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CHAP. XXIV - Forms of the Absis, Entrance, Cupola, Spire, and Steeple usually seen in Lombard Architecture
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CHAP. XXV - Lombard Monastic Architecture
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CHAP. XXVI - Private defensive Architecture of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
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CHAP. XXVII - Lombard Civic Architecture
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