Classical Architecture

Auteur

Professor James Stevens Curl has an international reputation as an architectural historian whose publications span Classical, Georgian and Victorian architecture, and with Susan Wilson he wrote the Oxford Dictionary of Architecture, published by Oxford University Press in 2016. His Making Dystopia; The Strange Rise and Survival of Architectural Barbarism (OUP, 2018) is a combative critique of the Modernist movement and, while controversial, asks questions about our urban landscapes to which answers are long overdue.

Texte du rabat

Celebration of the classical architectural tradition, spanning 2500 years but widely practised today. Professionals, students and enthusiasts will benefit from the profuse illustrations, including detailed line drawings, demonstrating this rich tradition and its prevailing themes and motifs.

Contenu

Notes on Illustrations Preface and acknowledgements 1)What is Classical Architecture? 2)The Orders of Architecture and their Applications 3)The Graeco-Roman roots of Classical Architecture 4)The Renaissance Period 5)Baroque, Rococo and Palladianism 6)Neo-Classicism and After 7)Epilogue Select Glossary of Terms Select Bibliography List of Subscribers Index