The Art of Building in the Classical World:Vision, Craftsmanship, and Linear Perspective in Greek and Roman Architecture
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2011. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xv, 245 pages: illustrations ; 27 cm |
ISBN: |
9781107002357 1107002354 |
Index Number: | TU |
CLC: | TU-098.2 |
Call Number: | TU-098.2/S478 |
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction: challenges of analysis and interpretation; 1. The ideas of architecture; 2. Vision and spatial representation; 3. The genesis of scale drawing and linear perspective; 4. Architectural vision; Excursus: envisioning cosmic mechanism in Plato and Vitruvius; Appendix A: analysis of the dimensions of the blueprint for entasis at Didyma; Appendix B: analysis of the hypothetical working drawing for platform curvature at Segesta; Appendix C: analysis of the hypothetical working drawing for platform curvature in the Parthenon. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction: challenges of analysis and interpretation; 1. The ideas of architecture; 2. Vision and spatial representation; 3. The genesis of scale drawing and linear perspective; 4. Architectural vision; Excursus: envisioning cosmic mechanism in Plato and Vitruvius; Appendix A: analysis of the dimensions of the blueprint for entasis at Didyma; Appendix B: analysis of the hypothetical working drawing for platform curvature at Segesta; Appendix C: analysis of the hypothetical working drawing for platform curvature in the Parthenon. |