Author | David Watkin |
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Language | English |
Subject | History of architecture |
Genre | Textbook |
Published | 1986 (original) 2023 (7th ed.) |
Publisher | Thames & Hudson (original), Laurence King Publishing (7th ed.) |
Pages | 591 (original) 752 (7th ed.) |
ISBN | 978-1529420302 |
A History of Western Architecture is a textbook by British architectural historian David Watkin, first published in 1986. The seventh edition (2023) was revised and expanded by Owen Hopkins. [1] The book is known for emphasising the classical tradition's importance for later architecture.
As of the fourth edition (2005), the book has 11 chapters: [2]
Seven editions have been published as of 2024 [update]. The seventh was revised and expanded in 2023 following Watkin's death in 2018 by Owen Hopkins, another British architectural historian. By then, a chapter on 21st-century architecture had split off the 20th-century one. [1] Translations have been published in multiple languages such as Dutch. [3]
By the 2000s, Watkin's textbook became widely used in architectural schools in the Netherlands and Belgium for the standard introductory survey course on the history of Western architecture. In a 2002 article, architectural historians Hilde Heynen and Krista de Jonge noted that the textbook's use along with a few other standard ones promoted a standardization of the taught architectural canon of a small set of buildings that illustrated recognized periods of architectural history. At the same time, these schools were trying to move away from a standard canon. [3]
British art historian Deborah Howard recommended A History of Western Architecture as a survey reference textbook in 2002. [4]
Author | David Watkin |
---|---|
Language | English |
Subject | History of architecture |
Genre | Textbook |
Published | 1986 (original) 2023 (7th ed.) |
Publisher | Thames & Hudson (original), Laurence King Publishing (7th ed.) |
Pages | 591 (original) 752 (7th ed.) |
ISBN | 978-1529420302 |
A History of Western Architecture is a textbook by British architectural historian David Watkin, first published in 1986. The seventh edition (2023) was revised and expanded by Owen Hopkins. [1] The book is known for emphasising the classical tradition's importance for later architecture.
As of the fourth edition (2005), the book has 11 chapters: [2]
Seven editions have been published as of 2024 [update]. The seventh was revised and expanded in 2023 following Watkin's death in 2018 by Owen Hopkins, another British architectural historian. By then, a chapter on 21st-century architecture had split off the 20th-century one. [1] Translations have been published in multiple languages such as Dutch. [3]
By the 2000s, Watkin's textbook became widely used in architectural schools in the Netherlands and Belgium for the standard introductory survey course on the history of Western architecture. In a 2002 article, architectural historians Hilde Heynen and Krista de Jonge noted that the textbook's use along with a few other standard ones promoted a standardization of the taught architectural canon of a small set of buildings that illustrated recognized periods of architectural history. At the same time, these schools were trying to move away from a standard canon. [3]
British art historian Deborah Howard recommended A History of Western Architecture as a survey reference textbook in 2002. [4]