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Synopsis
This fascinating introduction to classical art and architecture is the first book to investigate the way classical buildings are put together as formal structures. It researches the generative rules, the poetics of composition that classical architecture shares with classical music, poetry, and drama, and is enriched by a variety of examples and an extensive analysis of compositional rules. The 205 line drawings make up a discourse of their own,...
About the Author
Alexander Tzonis taught at Harvard from 1967 to 1981 and is the author of several books on architecture and design.
Liane Lefaivre is Professor and Chair of History and Theory of Architecture, University of Applied Art, Vienna, and Research Associate at the Technical University of Delft.
Review
An essential work for anyone wrestling with the provocative questions of the validity of the classical tradition in Western architecture. This is a penetrating, superior, and original contribution to the recent literature.
―Helen Searing, Alice Pratt Brown Professor of Art, Smith College"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherMIT Press
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 026270031X
- ISBN 13 9780262700313
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages306
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