Reference code
CHA/2
Title
Notes possibly made in preparation for a Royal Academy lecture
Date
1770-1771
Level
File
Extent & medium
76 items
Content Description
This group of fragments are of a fairly miscellaneous nature, although all relate to the history of architecture. A portion treats with the impact of ideas such as Burke's 'Sublime', but the majority show a concern with the extreme antiquity of architecture and the importance of geographical and cultural terrain as a developmental factor.
Arrangement
The arrangement remains applied in 1971. They were numbered as found.
Associated Material
Further drafts and notes associated with this material are to be found at the R.I.B.A. Drawings and Archives collection (CHA/1).
Bibliography
Eileen Harris, 'Burke & Chambers on the sublime and the beautiful', in Essays in the History of Architecture presented to Rudolf Wittkower, pp. 107-213.