ABC/209 - Choix d’elements empruntes a l’architecture classique in 2 Vols. Premiere partie: parallele d’ordres Grecs et Romains [Choice elements borrowed from classical architecture in 2 Vols. Part 1: parallel of Greek and Roman orders]

ABC/209

Choix d’elements empruntes a l’architecture classique in 2 Vols. Premiere partie: parallele d’ordres Grecs et Romains [Choice elements borrowed from classical architecture in 2 Vols. Part 1: parallel of Greek and Roman orders]

1 volume

A study in two parts of the Elements of Classical Architecture. The first volume concentrates on the comparison of the Greek Order and the Roman one. It offers a short introduction, followed by the explanations of the plates included. There are 50 plates of scaled elevations, plans and sections of these structures: Doric Order of the Parthenon; Peristyles of the Parthenon and Panhellenian Temple of Jupiter at Aegina; Temple of Hercules at Cori; Greek Ionic Order, Temple of Victory Aptere; Capital of the Northern Portico of Erechteion; Capital of the Propyleums of the Forum of Theatres at Pompei; Corinthian Order, Choragic Monument of Lysicrates; Capital of the Temple of Apollo at Didyma, Miletus; Trace of the Columns Curve; Tuscan Order after Vignola and Order of the Temple of Piety; Tuscan Order of the Porticoes of Charenton, by Gilbert; Roman Doric Order, Court of the Farnese Palace; Mutual Doric Order; Doric Order of the Theatre of Marcellus; Intercolumniation and Doric Porticoes; Porticoes on the Capitol, at Rome; Doric Order of the Basilica of Palladio; Roman Ionic Order; Trace of the Volutes of the Ionic Capital; Ionic Order of the Theatre of Marcellus; Ionic Arcades of the Court of the Farnese Palace; French Ionic Order; Details of the French Ionic Capital and Michelangelo's Capital on the Capitol; Corinthian order after Vignola; Capital of the Temple of Mars the Avenger; Order of the Temple of Castor and Pollux; Order of the Temple of Vesta, at Tibur; Portico of Octavia, at Rome; Arcades of the Porch of the Cathedral of Spolete; Composite Order, after Palladio; Door of the Lante Palace, Rome; Caprarole Palace Gate, by Vignole; Portals of the Palace of the Chancery and the Old Farnese Gardens; Windows with Inclined Legs; Windows of the Farnese Palace; Window of the Villa of Pope Julius; Vaults; Balustrades.

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