The exquisite beauty of buildings by Adam, Hawksmoor and others is brought into focus in the context of the ideas of the time. Sir John Summerson's classic text provides a succinct and elegant summary of the the whole period from the spirit of the Baroque at Schönbrunn in Vienna and the Winter Palace in St Petersburg to the Neo-classicism of the private houses and planned towns of the latter half of the century in Bath, Philadelphia and Washington.

Also of interest
The Classical Language of Architecture
    by Sir John Summerson