Author: John SummersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The Classical Language of Architecture
Author: John SummersonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The Classical Language of Architecture
Author: John SummeronPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262690126
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The author's purpose is to set out as simply and vividly as possible the exact grammatical workings of an architectural language. Classical architecture is a visual "language" and like any other language has its own grammatical rules. Classical buildings as widely spaced in time as a Roman temple, an Italian Renaissance palace and a Regency house all show an awareness of these rules even if they vary them, break them or poetically contradict them. Sir Christopher Wren described them as the "Latin" of architecture and the analogy is almost exact. There is the difference, however, that whereas the learning of Latin is a slow and difficult business, the language of classical architecture is relatively simple. It is still, to a great extent, the mode of expression of our urban surroundings, since classical architecture was the common language of the western world till comparatively recent times. Anybody to whom architecture makes a strong appeal has probably already discovered something of its grammar for himself. In this book, the author's purpose is to set out as simply and vividly as possible the exact grammatical workings of this architectural language. He is less concerned with its development in Greece and Rome than with its expansion and use in the centuries since the Renaissance. He explains the vigorous discipline of "the orders" and the scope of "rustication"; the dramatic deviations of the Baroque and, in the last chapter, the relationship between the classical tradition and the "modern" architecture of today. The book is intended for anybody who cares for architecture but more specifically for students beginning a course in the history of architecture, to whom a guide to the classical rules will be an essential companion.
Classical Architecture
Author: Robert AdamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
In Classical Architecture Robert Adam traces the history of classical design to the present day and provides examples of virtually every one of its applications.
The Lost Meaning of Classical Architecture
Author: George L. HerseyPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262580892
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
By analyzing this poetry - the tropes founded on the Greek terms for ornamental detail - he reconstructs a classical theory about the origin and meaning of the orders, one that links them to ancient sacrificial ritual and myth.
The Classical Language of Architecture
Author: John SummersonPublisher: London : Methuen
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Classical Architecture
Author: Thomas Gordon SmithPublisher: G.M. Smith
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Classical Architecture
Author: Demetri PorphyriosPublisher: Andreas Papadakis Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
A perceptive exploration of the art of building tracing it back to its roots in the ancient world. This is both a pedagogic and critical book with implications for the theory of style history and practice of architecture.
The Layman's Guide to Classical Architecture
Author: Quinlan TerryPublisher: Bokforlaget Stolpe
ISBN: 9789189069817
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Acclaimed British architect Quinlan Terry's guide to more than 2,000 years of classicism in architecture In this beautiful illustrated survey, British architect Quinlan Terry (born 1937) presents his ultimate guide to classical architecture. With intricate and lively sketches, he explains the classical orders of architecture that were created by Vitruvius around 100 AD. The tradition of building using these orders was maintained well into the 20th century, until modernism began to dominate architecture. With this book, Terry, a strong proponent of classical architecture, aims to place focus on the kind of architecture that dominated the field for almost 2,000 years in the West--the vocabulary and heritage of which is known by few today. The book contains a large number of Terry's drawings and sketches from travels, as well as linocuts. Also included are his drawings of such quintessential examples of the use of classical orders as St. Mark's Square and San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice and Inigo Jones' St. Paul's Cathedral in London, alongside drawings of Terry's own structures, such as Brentwood Cathedral in Essex, England. In addition, Terry compares his own studies with those of Andrea Palladio and Vincenzo Scamozzi. Prince Charles, another advocate for classical architecture, who holds Quinlan Terry as his favorite among contemporary architects, provides the preface.
Classical Greek Architecture
Author: Alexander TzonisPublisher: Flammarion-Pere Castor
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
"Classical Greek Architecture is a definitive account of classical architecture, its influences, and its significance for the structures of today from leading scholar Alexander Tzonis. The work contains a wealth of contemporary and vintage photographs from major archives that, together with numerous line drawings of the monuments and sites of Ancient Greece, provide a breath-taking introduction to visual thinking and architectural culture".--BOOKJACKET.
The Routledge Handbook on the Reception of Classical Architecture
Author: Nicholas TemplePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351693859
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 583
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive study of the reception of classical architecture in different regions of the world. Exploring the impact of colonialism, trade, slavery, religious missions, political ideology and intellectual/artistic exchange, the authors demonstrate how classical principles and ideas were disseminated and received across the globe. By addressing a number of contentious or unresolved issues highlighted in some historical surveys of architecture, the chapters presented in this volume question long-held assumptions about the notion of a universally accepted ‘classical tradition’ and its broadly Euro-centric perspective. Featuring thirty-two chapters written by international scholars from China, Europe, Turkey, North America, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand, the book is divided into four sections: 1) Transmission and re-conceptualisation of classical architecture; 2) Classical influence through colonialism, political ideology and religious conversion; 3) Historiographical surveys of geographical regions; and 4) Visual and textual discourses. This fourfold arrangement of chapters provides a coherent structure to accommodate different perspectives of classical reception across the world, and their geographical, ethnographic, ideological, symbolic, social and cultural contexts. Essays cover a wide geography and include studies in Italy, France, England, Scotland, the Nordic countries, Greece, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Germany, Poland, India, Singapore, China, the USA, Mexico, Brazil, New Zealand and Australia. Other essays in the volume focus on thematic issues or topics pertaining to classical architecture, such as ornament, spolia, humanism, nature, moderation, decorum, heresy and taste. An essential reference guide, The Routledge Handbook on the Reception of Classical Architecture makes a major contribution to the study of architectural history in a new global context.