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Author Hersey, George L., author

Title The lost meaning of classical architecture : speculations on ornament from Vitruvius to Venturi / George Hersey
Published Cambridge, Mass. : M.I.T. Press, [1988]
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Mit, 1992
©1988
©1988

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Description 201 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, plans ; 24 cm
Contents Troping ornament -- Architecture and sacrifice -- Images of temple founders -- The Caryatid and Persian porticoes -- Francesco di Giorgio, Michelangelo, and Raphael -- Cesariano, the Vitruvius Teutsch, and Sambin
Analysis Buildings Architectural features Classical style
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Vitruvius Pollio. De achitetectura
Vitruvius Pollio. De architectura.
Architecture, Classical -- Terminology.
Architecture, Classical.
Classicism in architecture.
Architecture, Classical -- Terminology.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
LC no. 87021318
ISBN 0262081709
026258090X
9780262081702
9780262580908
Other Titles Meaning of classical architecture