Classical Architecture: An Introduction to Its Vocabulary and Essentials, With a Select Glossary of Terms

James Stevens Curl

ISBN 10: 0442308965 / ISBN 13: 9780442308964

Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993

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Synopsis:

Publisher's note: The fundamentals of Classical Architecture are described here in a series of concise chapters followed by a detailed, illustrated glossary, almost a dictionary of Classical Architecture in itself. Professor Curl describes the rise of Classical Architecture in Greek and Roman Antiquity, and follows its continuous development, sometimes explicit, sometimes only hinted at, through the Romanesque and Gothic era to Renaissance times, through Baroque and Rococo phases to eighteenth-century Neoclassicism, and then to various manifestations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The text and illustrations celebrate the richness of the Classical vocabulary, grammar and language of Architecture, demonstrating an enormous range of themes and motifs. Nearly 200 black and white photographs and 150 line drawings and plans illustrate the text.

About the Author: James Stevens Curl is Professor of Architectural History and Senior Research Fellow at The Queen's University, Belfast. He received his doctorate at University College, London, and in 1991-92 was Visiting Fellow at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. His many books include The Victorian Celebration of Death, The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture, The English Heritage Book of Victorian Churches, and The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry (winner of the Sir Banister Fletcher Award as Best Book of the Year, 1992).

Bibliographic Details

Title: Classical Architecture: An Introduction to ...
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
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