Changing Ideals in Modern Architecture, 1750-1950Collins explains what Revivalism, Rationalism, Eclecticism, and Functionalism meant to those who practised them, examining the impact that social forces and the other arts and sciences had on architectural styles while recognizing the tectonic continuities that underlie the seeming ruptures between pre modern, modern, and post modern approaches to design. His work is infused with a deep sympathy for the classical spirit of the eighteenth century and