Identity area
Reference code
ABC/120
Title
Traite elementaire d’architecture.
Date(s)
- [c1890] (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
(24 May 1853-16 Jan 1933)
Biographical history
French architect
Repository
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
An Elementary Architecture Treaty including the Complete Study of the Five Orders (Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Composite), the Shadow Trails and the First Principles of Construction. The work is divided into seventy-six plates illustrating these subjects with elevations, sections, and plans, most of them with measurements at scale. The Five Orders are studies very closely with plates covering each of the architectural elements that have their specific features: cornices, friezes, architraves, capitals, shafts, doors, windows, vaults, and attics. Buildings included: Fortuna Virile Temple; Corinthian Temple; Door from Farnese Palace, Rome; Door of Pantheon, Rome.
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Language of material
- French
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Loose and scuffed spine