ABC/319 - The orders of architecture

ABC/319

The orders of architecture

1 volume

A study of the Orders of Architecture - Greek (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian), Roman (Doric, Ionic, Pompeian, Corinthian, Composite) and Renaissance with selected examples of their application shown on 80 plates (drawings, scaled plans, elevations, and sections) and critical commentaries. Subjects covered: The Greek Orders; The Roman Orders; The Italian Orders and their Application; Further Applications of the Orders by Italian, French, and English Architects of the Renaissance; On Inter-columniation, Superimposition, and the Anta and Pilaster; Superimposition of Orders; The Anta and the Pilaster. Buildings included: Parthenon, Athens; The Baths at Nimes; Propylaea, Athens; The Maison Carree, Nimes; Theatre of Marcellus, Rome; Erechteum, Athens; Temple of Jupiter Olympus, Athens; Pantheon, Rome; The Thermae of Diocletian, Rome; Arch of Titus, Rome; Eleusis; Doric Colonnade and Ionic Portico at Cnidus, Ionia; Temple of Athena Polias, Priene, Ionia; Temple of Apollo Epicurius, Bassae; The Tholos, Epidaurus; The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens; The "Tower of Winds", Athens; Mausoleum, Halicarnassus; The "Soldiers' Quarters", Pompeii; The "House of the Tragic Poet", Pompeii; The "Triangular Forum", Pompeii; The Temple of Castor and Pollux, Rome; The Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome; Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome; Arch of Constantine, Rome; Temple of the Sun, Rome; The Forum of Trajan, Rome; The Temple of Vespasian, Rome; The Temple of Concord, Rome; The column of Trajan, Rome; The Temple of Mars the Avenger, Rome.

Good condition. Corners a bit scuffed