ABC/166 - New parallel of the orders of architecture ... text translated and 2 additional plates by Augustus Pugin.

ABC/166

New parallel of the orders of architecture ... text translated and 2 additional plates by Augustus Pugin.

1 volume

An in-depth analysis of the Orders of Architecture according to the Greeks, Romans and Modern Architects, covering the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite Orders. Each plate has an accomponying description and are all to scale with dimensions. Plates included are: Tuscan-Palladio, Scamozzi, Serlio, Vignola; Doric-Parthenon at Athens, Temple of Theseus, Great Temple at Paestum, Temple of Apollo at Delos, Portico of Philip, Temple at Corinth, Propylaeum at Athens, Portico of Augustus, Theatre of Marcellus at Rome, Doric Order at Albano, Baths at Diocletian, Palladio, Scamozzi, Vignola, Mutuled Doric, Viola, Delorme; Ionic-Ionic Temple on the Ilissus, Temple of Minerva Polias at Athens, Temple of Erectheus at Athens, Various Grecian Ionic Capitals, Temple of Fortuna Virilis, Theatre of Marcellus, Bath of Diocletian, Palladio, Scamozzi, Vignola, Serlio, Alberti; Corinthian-Ionic Volute, Lantern of Demosthenes at Athens, Temple of Jupiter Olympius, Incantada at Salonica, Arch of Theseus at Athens, Temple of Jupiter Stator at Rome, Jupiter Tonans, Portico of the Pantheon, Interior of the Pantheon, Forum of Nerva, Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, Nero's Frontispiece, Arch of Constantine, Temple of Mars the Avenger, Basilica of Antoninus, Temple of the Sibyl at Tivoli, Palladio, Scamozzi, Vignola, Serlio, Alberti; Composite-Arch of Titus, Arch of Septimius Severus, Baths of Diocletian, Palladio, Scamozzi, Vignola, Caryatides of the Temple of Pandrosus, Caryatide by Gougeon, Entablatures, Methods of Diminishing Columns, Ancient Doorways and Windows, Doorways by Vignola, Soffits of Architraves, Ornaments of Mouldings, Capitals and Mouldings.

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