‘Temple Beauties’: The Entrance-Portico in the Architecture of Great Britain 1630-1850

Contents

Preface ;

I The Portico ;
1 Introduction ;
2 Definitions ;
3 Summary and Note on Portico Types ;

II From Frontispiece to Portico in Great Britain ;
1 Introduction ;
2 Frontispieces ;
3 Porches and Loggia Porticoes ;
4 Summary ;

III Inigo Jones and the Palladian Portico ;
1 Introduction ;
2 Temple and Church ;
3 Summary ;

IV The Baroque Portico ;
1 Jones, Webb, and the Baroque ;
2 Webb, Wren and the Baroque Church ;
3 Hawksmoor, Vanbrugh and Archer ;
4 Fifty New Churches ;
5 Temple Front and Portico in the English Baroque ;
6 Summary ;

V The Portico in English Neo-Palladianism ;
1 Introduction ;
2 The Reinstatement of Inigo Jones and Palladio ;
3 Palladio and Porticoes ;
4 The English Country House and its Functions ;
5 The Disadvantages of Porticoes ;
6 Summary ;

VI Neo-Classicism and the Greek Revival Portico ;
1 Introduction ;
2 Neo-Classicism: Imitation and Originality ;
3 Visual Effect: The Rule and the Eye ;
4 Architectural Association ;
5 The Associations of Grecian and Greek Architecture ;
6 The Greek Revival: A Tentative Beginning ;
7 The Greek and Roman Debate ;
8 Greece Revived ;

VII The Decline of the Portico ;

VIII Conclusion ;

Appendix: Summary and Chronologies of the First Introductions and Principal Uses of the Architectural Orders in the Entrance-Porticoes of Great Britain, 1630-1850 ;

Bibliography ;

Plates ;

Index