Allan Braham's comprehensive treatment of this brilliant and complex period introduces the reader to the major buildings, architects, and architectural patrons of the day. At the same time, it explores the broader determinants of architectural production: the rapid economic expansion of Paris and the main provincial centers and the increasing demand for improved public amenities--theaters, schools, markets, and hospitals. This generously illustrated book provides a vivid commentary on society and manners in pre-Revolutionary France.
- ISBN10 0500232970
- ISBN13 9780500232972
- Publish Date 10 March 1980
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 10 May 1991
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English