This well-illustrated, accessibly written book examines how eighteenth-century prints and drawings of antique architecture operated as representations of thought. Combining original archival material with cultural theory, the book considers the idea of the past and the role of space and time in the visual ekphrasis or description of its architecture.

Dana Arnold is Professor of Art History at the University of East Anglia

Prolegomenon
1 The past
2 Time
3 Space
Epilogue
Select bibliography
Index