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A 6 page analysis of two books on architectural history -- Space, Time and Architecture by Sigfried Giedion and Georgian London by John Summerson. The writer discusses how each author utilizes his sources and makes his main points. No additional sources cited.
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utilizes source material, the facts chosen for inclusion, can slant a texts direction to support the authors particular perspective. Within this context, the following examination analyzes two texts on architectural
history: Space, Time and Architecture by Sigfried Giedion and Georgian London by John Summerson. In the Foreword of the first edition of his text Space, Time and Architecture, Sigfried
Giedion states that his intention in writing has been to focus on the growth of a "new tradition in architecture" (vi). In accomplishing this purpose, Giedion focuses on key historical
developments that were influential in determining the course of further progress. Although Giedion does not provide a bibliography, his extensive footnotes indicate the extensive degree of scholarship that went into
his volume. The footnotes indicate the source for significant information and also further comment on the text. For example, in Giedions discussion of Pope Sixtus V and the planning
of Baroque Rome, he emphasizes the influence that this period would have on the rest of Europe. He writes that "It was on Roman soil that the Renaissance reached its
zenith and it was here that the Baorque means of expression was formulated, which penetrated the whole of western culture" (75). Furthermore Giedion points out that the "wall-girded, star-shaped city"
was "shattered" by the urban scale of Renaissance Rome, which was achieved under the reign of Pope Sixtus V (75). Selecting from original source material (Giedion cites numerous Italian
texts in the footnotes), he proceeds to excitedly relate the details of the rebuilding of Rome. Taking the reader on a whirlwind tour of Renaissance urban planning, Giedion creates a
persuasive argument for this thesis by keeping a focus on facts concerning the rebuilding of Rome and on presenting Sixtus V as a good urban planning coordinator. Giedion argues that
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