II. THE BUILDING MANIA OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xi
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xiii
5. INTRODUCTION. THE WAYWARDNESS OF ELIZABETHAN CLASSICISM 3
6. I. THE NEW VISION OF ORDER 19
7. II. THE BUILDING MANIA OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 55
8. III. THE REFLECTION OF ARCHITECTURAL IDEAS IN LETTERS 78
9. IV. SATIRIC CRITICISM OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE 97
10. V. THE REVOLUTION IN GARDEN DESIGN 114
11. VI. THE PROSPECT, THE FLOWER GARDEN, AND THE STAGE GARDEN IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 124
12. VII. THE FORMAL GARDEN IN THE AGE OF DISCIPLINE 134
13. VIII. TOWN PLANNING IN THE AGE OF DISCIPLINE 163
14. IX. EUROPE'S DISCOVERY OF THE FAR EAST 180
15. X. THE INVASION OF ENGLAND BY ORIENTAL ART 192
16. XI. THE RIVALRY BETWEEN INDIAN CHINTZ AND ENGLISH TEXTILES 218
17. XII. CLASSICAL CRITICISM OF ORIENTAL ART 234
18. NOTES 257