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Title: The Classical Language of Architecture by John Summerson ISBN: 0-262-69012-8 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 1966 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Do you like looking at buildings?
Comment: I was introduced to this classic work in a course on Michelangelo by John Shearman at Harvard, and I'm writing this review because I'm convinced this book deserves wider distribution.
It's essentially an illustrated compilation of a series of lectures Summerson gave at university in England. The topic: the 'language' of architecture through the ages. Ever look at white marble columns, or that triangular thing over a window, and think how beautiful and elegant the display of forms was? Believe it or not, those styles are not created anew each time architects design a building! Rather, they draw on our rich common heritage - the 'classical language of architecture', first defined by Vasari in the 15th century (though in use since prehistoric times). That thing over the window is called a 'pediment', and columns can be Doric (stocky), Ionic (tall and graceful), or Corinthian (elaborated with flowery scroll-work at the top.) The triangular thing over a window is called a 'pediment'.
Intrigued? Want to know more about what the architects were thinking when they designed that building you're looking at? Buy this book, now!
Rating: 4
Summary: A good and easy undertandable book!
Comment: Being about such a vaste theme, this book easily tells the most important parts of the history of architecture. Not much jargong, and well written overall!
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Title: Classical Architecture: An Introduction to Its Vocabulary and Essentials, with a Select Glossary of Terms by James Stevens Curl ISBN: 0393731197 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance by Peter Murray ISBN: 0805210822 Publisher: Schocken Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Understanding Buildings: A Multidisciplinary Approach by Esmond Reid ISBN: 0262680548 Publisher: MIT Press Pub. Date: 07 April, 1988 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Old-House Dictionary : An Illustrated Guide to American Domestic Architecture (1600-1940) (1600-1940) by Steven J. Phillips ISBN: 047114407X Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 29 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials Amd Methods by Edward Allen ISBN: 0471183490 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $99.00 |
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