Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, v.57, no.1, March 1998

Volume 57 / Number 1 / March 1998

EDITORIAL: THE BOOK REVIEW EDITORS

4 INTERDISCIPINARITY IN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
Abigail A. Van Slyck

THE CHANGING SCOPE OF FOREIGN TOPICS
Hilary Ballon

ARTICLES

6 GUARINI AND THE PURSUIT OF ORIGINALITY: THE CHURCH FOR LISBON AND RELATED PROJECTS
Andrew Morrogh

30 DISPLAYING THE RES GESTAE OF AUGUSTUS: AMONUMENT OF IMPERIAL IMAGE FOR ALL
Suna Güven

46 "AT ONCE CLASSIC AND PICTURESQUE . . ." : ALEXANDER THOMSON'S HOLMWOOD
Gavin Stamp

REVIEW ESSAY

59 ALVAR AALTO AT 100
Marc Treib

EXHIBITIONS

68 BAUHAUS 1919-1933: DA KANDINSKY A KLEE, DA GROPIUS A MIES VAN DER ROHE, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta,
Milan, 19 October-8 March 1997, reviewed by Rosa Tamborrino

71 L'URBANISME PARISIEN AU SIÈCLE DES LUMIÈRES, Mairie du Ve arrondissement, Paris, 4 April-11 May 1997
reviewed by Richard Wittman

73 DOWNTOWN NEW YORK: THE ARCHITECTURE OF BUSINESS/THE BUSINESS OF BUILDINGS, Museum of the Skyscraper,
NewYork, 1 May-31 December 1997, reviewed by Mary Beth Betts

75 L'ART DE L'INGÉNIEUR: CONSTRUCTEUR, ENTREPRENEUR, INVENTEUR, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 25 June-29 September 1997, reviewed by Réjean Legault

BOOKS

79 WRITING ARCHITECTURE
WILLIAM FAULKNER AND THE TANGIBLE PAST: THE ARCHITECTURE OF YONKAPATAWPHA, by Thomas S. Hines,
reviewed by Dennis Domer
ACCENTS AS WELL AS BROAD EFFECTS: WRITINGS ON ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE AND THE ENVIRONMENT,
1876-1925, by Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer,reviewed by Lisa Koenigsberg

82 AMERICAN SOCIAL LANDSCAPES
BACK OF THE BIG HOUSE: THE ARCHITECTURE OF PLANTATION SLAVERY, by John Michael Vlach;
THE ALLEYS AND BACK BUILDINGS OF GALVESTON: AN ARCHITECTUREAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY, by Ellen Beasley,
reviewed by James Borchert
ON THE EDGE OF EMPIRE: THE TAOS HACIENDA OF LOS MARTÍNEZ, by David J. Weber;
RITUAL GROUND: BENT'S OLD FORT, WORLD FORMATION, AND THE ANNEXATION OF THE SOUTHWEST,
by Douglas C Comer, reviewed by Chris Wilson
ALL THE MODERN CONVENIENCES: AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD PLUMBING, 1840-1890, by Maureen Ogle;
CITIES OF LIGHT AND HEAT: DOMESTICATING GAS AND ELECTRICITY IN URBAN AMERICA, by Mark H. Rose,
reviewed by May N. Stone

90 CITIES
REFIGURING THE POST CLASSICAL CITY: DURA EUROPOS, JERASH, JERUSALEM AND RAVENNA, by Annabel Jane Wharton, reviewed by Joseph Rykwert
BOLOGNA, IL DUECENTO, edited by Francesca Bocchi, reviewed by David Friedman
ATLAS HISTORIQUE DES VILLES DE FRANCE, edited by Jean-Luc Pinol, reviewed by Richard Cleary
LOING DU SOLEIL: ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE IN QUEBEC CITY DURING THE FRENCH REGIME, by Marc Grignon,
reviewed by Alan M. Stewart
STREETS: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC SPACE, edited by Zeynep Çelik, Diane Favro, and Richard Ingersoll,
reviewed by Robert Bruegmann

96 ITALY
VENICE AND ANTIQUITY: THE VENETIAN SENSE OF THE PAST, by Patricia Eortini Brown,reviewed by Bruce Boucher
ON ARCHITECTURE, VOLUME l, BOOKS I-V OF TUTTE L'OPERE D'ARCHITECTTURA ET PROSPETIVA, by Sebastiano Serlio;
ARCHITETTURA CIVILE: LIBRI SESTO, SETTIMO ET OTTAVO NET MANOSCRITTI DI MONACO E VIENNA, by Sebastiano Serlio, reviewed by Myra Nan Rosenfeld
ARTE, COMMITTENZA ED ECONOMIA A ROMA E NELLE CORTI DEL RINASCIMENTO, by Arnold Esch and Christoph Luitpold Frommel, reviewed by Erik H. Neil
THE ITALIAN GARDEN: ART, DESIGN AND CULTURE, edited by John Dixon Hunt,reviewed by Dianne Harris

104 BRITAIN
THE TYRANNY OF TASTE: THE POLITICS OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN IN BRITAIN, 1550-1960, by Jules Lubbock, reviewed by Rhodri Windsor Liscombe
ROUBILIAC AND THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MONUMENT: SCULPTURE AS THEATRE, by David Bindman and Malcolm Baker, reviewed by Betsy Rosasco
SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS: ARCHITECT TO GEORGE III, edited by John Harris and Michael Snodin;
CATALOGUES OF ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS IN THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM: SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS, edited by Michael Snodin; reviewed by David Cast

108 SACRED SPACE
THE CULTURES OF HIS KINGDOM: ROGER II AND THE CAPPELLA PALATINA IN PALERMO, by William Tronzo,
reviewed by Robert P. Bergman
NOTRE-DAME, CATHEDRAL OF AMIENS: THE POWER OF CHANGE IN GOTHIC, by Stephen Murray,
reviewed by Michael T. Davis

113 LETTERS
BRANKO MITROVIC AND BRATISLAV PANTELIC

115 ABSTRACTS

Articles submitted to JSAH are subject to anonymous peer review.

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4	INTERDISCIPINARITY IN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY Abigail A. Van Slyck
	THE CHANGING SCOPE OF FOREIGN TOPICS Hilary Ballon

6	GUARINI AND THE PURSUIT OF ORIGINALITY: THE CHURCH FOR LISBON AND RELATED PROJECTS Andrew Morrogh
30	DISPLAYING THE RES GESTAE OF AUGUSTUS: AMONUMENT OF IMPERIAL IMAGE FOR ALL Suna Güven
46	"AT ONCE CLASSIC AND PICTURESQUE . . ." : ALEXANDER THOMSON'S HOLMWOOD Gavin Stamp

68	BAUHAUS 1919-1933: DA KANDINSKY A KLEE, DA GROPIUS A MIES VAN DER ROHE, Fondazione Antonio Mazzotta, Milan, 19 October-8 March 1997, reviewed by Rosa Tamborrino
71	L'URBANISME PARISIEN AU SIÈCLE DES LUMIÈRES, Mairie du Ve arrondissement, Paris, 4 April-11 May 1997 reviewed by Richard Wittman
73	DOWNTOWN NEW YORK: THE ARCHITECTURE OF BUSINESS/THE BUSINESS OF BUILDINGS, Museum of the Skyscraper, NewYork, 1 May-31 December 1997, reviewed by Mary Beth Betts
75	L'ART DE L'INGÉNIEUR: CONSTRUCTEUR, ENTREPRENEUR, INVENTEUR, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 25 June-29 September 1997, reviewed by Réjean Legault

79	WRITING ARCHITECTURE WILLIAM FAULKNER AND THE TANGIBLE PAST: THE ARCHITECTURE OF YONKAPATAWPHA, by Thomas S. Hines, reviewed by Dennis Domer ACCENTS AS WELL AS BROAD EFFECTS: WRITINGS ON ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 1876-1925, by Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer,reviewed by Lisa Koenigsberg
82	AMERICAN SOCIAL LANDSCAPES BACK OF THE BIG HOUSE: THE ARCHITECTURE OF PLANTATION SLAVERY, by John Michael Vlach; THE ALLEYS AND BACK BUILDINGS OF GALVESTON: AN ARCHITECTUREAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY, by Ellen Beasley, reviewed by James Borchert ON THE EDGE OF EMPIRE: THE TAOS HACIENDA OF LOS MARTÍNEZ, by David J. Weber; RITUAL GROUND: BENT'S OLD FORT, WORLD FORMATION, AND THE ANNEXATION OF THE SOUTHWEST, by Douglas C Comer, reviewed by Chris Wilson ALL THE MODERN CONVENIENCES: AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD PLUMBING, 1840-1890, by Maureen Ogle; CITIES OF LIGHT AND HEAT: DOMESTICATING GAS AND ELECTRICITY IN URBAN AMERICA, by Mark H. Rose, reviewed by May N. Stone
90	CITIES REFIGURING THE POST CLASSICAL CITY: DURA EUROPOS, JERASH, JERUSALEM AND RAVENNA, by Annabel Jane Wharton, reviewed by Joseph Rykwert BOLOGNA, IL DUECENTO, edited by Francesca Bocchi, reviewed by David Friedman ATLAS HISTORIQUE DES VILLES DE FRANCE, edited by Jean-Luc Pinol, reviewed by Richard Cleary LOING DU SOLEIL: ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE IN QUEBEC CITY DURING THE FRENCH REGIME, by Marc Grignon, reviewed by Alan M. Stewart STREETS: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PUBLIC SPACE, edited by Zeynep Çelik, Diane Favro, and Richard Ingersoll, reviewed by Robert Bruegmann
96	ITALY VENICE AND ANTIQUITY: THE VENETIAN SENSE OF THE PAST, by Patricia Eortini Brown,reviewed by Bruce Boucher ON ARCHITECTURE, VOLUME l, BOOKS I-V OF TUTTE L'OPERE D'ARCHITECTTURA ET PROSPETIVA, by Sebastiano Serlio; ARCHITETTURA CIVILE: LIBRI SESTO, SETTIMO ET OTTAVO NET MANOSCRITTI DI MONACO E VIENNA, by Sebastiano Serlio, reviewed by Myra Nan Rosenfeld ARTE, COMMITTENZA ED ECONOMIA A ROMA E NELLE CORTI DEL RINASCIMENTO, by Arnold Esch and Christoph Luitpold Frommel, reviewed by Erik H. Neil THE ITALIAN GARDEN: ART, DESIGN AND CULTURE, edited by John Dixon Hunt,reviewed by Dianne Harris
104	BRITAIN THE TYRANNY OF TASTE: THE POLITICS OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN IN BRITAIN, 1550-1960, by Jules Lubbock, reviewed by Rhodri Windsor Liscombe ROUBILIAC AND THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MONUMENT: SCULPTURE AS THEATRE, by David Bindman and Malcolm Baker, reviewed by Betsy Rosasco SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS: ARCHITECT TO GEORGE III, edited by John Harris and Michael Snodin; CATALOGUES OF ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS IN THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM: SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS, edited by Michael Snodin; reviewed by David Cast
108	SACRED SPACE THE CULTURES OF HIS KINGDOM: ROGER II AND THE CAPPELLA PALATINA IN PALERMO, by William Tronzo, reviewed by Robert P. Bergman NOTRE-DAME, CATHEDRAL OF AMIENS: THE POWER OF CHANGE IN GOTHIC, by Stephen Murray, reviewed by Michael T. Davis
113	LETTERS BRANKO MITROVIC AND BRATISLAV PANTELIC
115	ABSTRACTS