Description |
xi, 270 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
Contents |
Introduction: The Problem of Interpretation -- I. Questions of Identity -- II. Vitruvius and Theory -- III. The Dynamics of Design -- IV. Ground Rules: Principles of Number and Measure -- V. Ground Rules: Arithmetic and Geometry -- VI. Coping with Columns: The Elevation -- VII. A Genius for Synthesis: The Corinthian Order -- VIII. Trajan's Column -- IX. The Enigma of the Pantheon: The Interior -- X. The Enigma of the Pantheon: The Exterior -- App. A. Tabulated Measurements of Selected Buildings -- App. B. Measurements and Analysis relating to the Corinthian Order |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-260) and index |
Subject |
Architecture, Roman.
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Architecture -- Rome.
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LC no. |
99014920 |
ISBN |
030010202X paperback |
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0300081383 alkaline paper |
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