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The architectural capriccio : memory, fantasy and invention


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The book shows and comments on a wide range of historic masterworks and highlights contemporary artists and architects excelling in a modern updated, refreshed and original tradition of the Capriccio.

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"Il capriccio" : definition of the capriccio (caprice) in the French Larousse dictionary

Meaning and purpose of the capriccio(David Mayernik)

The poietic image(Samir Younés)

The capricci of Giovanni Paolo Panini(David Mayernik)

Patronage in the golden age of the capriccio(Selena Anders)

The grand tour(Lucien Steil)

Capriccio, the leap of the goat or the unexpected(Jose Cornelio da Silva)

Metamorphors for a political urban landscape : Schinkel's capricci of a new "Athens-on-the-Spree"(Jean-Françoise Lejeune)

J.M. Gandy's composite views for John Soane(William Palin)

American capriccio : imaginary architecture in nineteenth-century painting(Gail Leggio)


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