The classical language of architecture / (Record no. 23355)

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fixed length control field 801024s1980 enkae w 00110 eng
015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
National bibliography number B8033916
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780500201770
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International Standard Book Number 0500201773
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System control number (StEdNL)1273576-nlsdb-Voyager
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Original cataloging agency StEdNL
100 10 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Summerson, John,
Dates associated with a name 1904-1992.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The classical language of architecture /
Statement of responsibility, etc. John Summerson ; with 139 illustrations
250 00 - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement [Revised and enlarged ed.]
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Thames and Hudson
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1980
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Extent 144 pages :
Other physical details illustrations ;
Dimensions 21 cm.
440 00 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE
Title World of art library
9 (RLIN) 6458
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General note 'This book originated in a series of six talks broadcast by the BBC in 1963' - Preface
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General note Previous ed.: London : Methuen, 1964
504 00 - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Bibliography: p.135-139. - Includes index
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Classical architecture is a visual 'language' and like any other language has its own grammatical rules. Classical buildings as widely spaced in time as a Roman temple, an Italian Renaissance palace and a Regency house all show an awareness of these rules even if they vary them, break them or poetically contradict them. Sir Christopher Wren described them as the 'Latin' of architecture and the analogy is almost exact. There is the difference, however, that whereas the learning of Latin is a slow and difficult business, the language of classical architecture is relatively simple. It is still, to a great extent, the mode of expression of our urban surroundings, since classical architecture was the common language of the western world till comparatively recent times. Anybody to whom architecture makes a strong appeal has probably already discovered something of its grammar for himself. In this book, the author's purpose is to set out as simply and vividly as possible the exact grammatical workings of this architectural language. He is less concerned with its development in Greece and Rome than with its expansion and use in the centuries since the Renaissance. He explains the vigorous discipline of 'the orders' and the scope of 'rustication'; the dramatic deviations of the Baroque and, in the last chapter, the relationship between the classical tradition and the 'modern' architecture of today. The book is intended for anybody who cares for architecture but more specifically for students beginning a course in the history of architecture, to whom a guide to the classical rules will be an essential companion.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Architecture
General subdivision History.
9 (RLIN) 20080
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Architecture
General subdivision Terminology
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