This volume begins with the post-Baroque re-emergence of Classicism, the Neoclassicism of the late-18th century, examining trends and influences in the philosop

In this book, Eugene J. Johnson traces the invention of the opera house, a building type of world wide importance. Italy laid the foundation theater buildings i

Explores the cultural, social, and poltical aspects of theatrical architecture, from the threatres of ancient Greece of the present.