A history of architectural theory : from Vitruvius to the present /

Kruft's last major book is one of the most significant contributions to architectural theory published in this century. It is a broad, comprehensive survey with particular emphasis on theories influencing the 20th century and on other viewpoints given little publication in English, such as German aesthetic theory of the Goethe period. It is a daunting tome for students; but, with 163 pages of endnotes, 207 illustrations, 71 pages of bibliography, and an extensive index, it will become an essential tool for researchers of architectural theory. Libraries holding Joseph Rykwert's The First Moderns (CH, Dec'80) and anything by Alberto Perez-Gomez should acquire this valuable book on architectural theory. Upper-division undergraduate; graduate; faculty. G. F. Hisel; University of Kentucky