ABC/120 - Traite elementaire d’architecture.

ABC/120

Traite elementaire d’architecture.

1 volume

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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