A fascinating and compelling, beautifully illustrated study of classical architecture and its continuing influence on western building. Table of Contents: Preface; 1. Imitation in Architecture; 2. From Techne to Tectonics; 3. The Classical Order; 4. Character and Style; 5. Common Sense; 6. Tradition and the New; 7. Appendix (selections from Plato, Cicero, Alberti, Hegel and other writers on classical architecture). 54 line drawings, 128 full-color photographs.
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A fascinating and compelling, beautifully illustrated study of classical architecture and its continuing influence on western building. Table of Contents: Preface; 1. Imitation in Architecture; 2. From Techne to Tectonics; 3. The Classical Order; 4. Character and Style; 5. Common Sense; 6. Tradition and the New; 7. Appendix (selections from Plato, Cicero, Alberti, Hegel and other writers on classical architecture). 54 line drawings, 128 full-color photographs.
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UsedGood. Hardcover; light fading and shelf wear to exterior; bumps to bottom edges a nd top end of spine; in good condition with clean text, firm binding. Dust jacket shows fading, scuffing, and edge wear.
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Near fine/near fine. Quarto. 156pp. With over 200 illustrations, mostly in colour. Very nice copy in dust jacket. Jacket in a brodart protecitve wrapper.
