The richly illustrated volume presents the reader with a comprehensive overview of the wealth and diversity if architecture and fine art of the period betweem 1750 and 1848. Whild Neoclassicism explicitly refers to a reflection on the principles of art and architecture of classical antiquity, the term Romanticism encompasses a much wider meaning, and is concerned primarily with the intellectual attitude of the artist. Neoclassicism and Romanticism are therefore not to be understood as opposite poles, but " as different approaches to solving the same historic situation preceding the emergence of Modernism"(Lankheit). The vivid expert illustrations contained in this comprehensive work provide the reader with a better understanding of the man aspects of this exciting epoch- COVER. Format: Hardcover, Pages: 520, Publisher: Konemann, Publication Year: 2000, Book Condition: Fair to poor