Ordonnance for the Five Kinds of Columns after the Method of the AncientsPerrault argues that rules of architecture be determined by reason, not by ancient precedent. |
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Ordonnance for the Five Kinds of Columns After the Method of the Ancients Claude Perrault,Indra Kagis McEwen No preview available - 1993 |
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abacus alteration of proportions ancient antiquity appear Arch of Constantine Arch of Septimius Arch of Titus architects architecture architrave astragal authors base Basilica of Antoninus Baths of Diocletian beauty Blondel buildings Cataneo cavetto chapter character Charles Perrault Claude Perrault Colosseum column shaft Composite Order congé Corinthian Order cornice corona cyma recta cymatium dentils diameter dimensions diminution divided Doric Order echinus elements entablature equal example Facade of Nero fascia fifth fillet five flutings Fortuna Virilis four frieze Getty Center give half Jupiter the Thunderer Louvre Moderns modillions moldings mutules ogee optical Ordonnance ornaments ovolo Palladio Pantheon Paris pedestal pediment Perrault see note pilasters plinth Portico of Septimius practice projection quarter reason rules Scamozzi scotia Serlio Sibyl sixth small module Temple of Bacchus Temple of Faustina Temple of Fortuna Temple of Vesta Theater of Marcellus theory things third three columns Tivoli torus treatise triglyphs Tuscan Vignola Vitruvius volutes width