Classical Architecture: An Introduction to Its Vocabulary and Essentials, with a Select Glossary of TermsThis book defines classical architecture in all its manifestations, from Graeco-Roman antiquity, through its re-working during the Renaissance, the inventiveness of Baroque and Rococo, the rediscovery of antiquity, to the various phases of late classicism throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. It also explores the language of classical architecture, and demonstrates its cultural, emotional and symbolic richness compared to today's architectural language. The author points out the integral role of ornament and decoration in classical architecture. Also included in this book is an illustrated glossary. James Stevens Curl is the author of The Art and Architecture of Freemasonry. |
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ILLUSTRATION SOURCES | 7 |
THE ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE AND THEIR APPLICATION | 15 |
THE GRAECOROMAN ROOTS OF CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE | 55 |
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abacus acanthus aedicules angle antae anthemion Antiquity apophyge arcade Architects architrave arcuated astragal attic Baroque base Batsford blocks Bramante building called central centre centre-lines century church circular Classical Architecture colonnade columns or pilasters Composite Order concave Corinthian Order corner cornice curved cyma decoration dentils diameter Diocletian Window dome Doric Order echinus Egyptian elements elliptical engaged columns enriched entablature façade fillet flutes frieze front Giant Order Greek Architecture Greek Doric Order guttae height hexastyle horizontal Il Gesù intercolumniation Ionic capital Langley lintel metopes modillions motifs moulding mutules Neoclassical Neoclassicism ornament ovolo Palazzo Palladian Palladio palmette pedestal pediment piers pilasters plain plinth portico primitive projecting prostyle rectangular Renaissance Revival Roman Doric Rome roof rustication scroll sculpture segmental semicircular Serliana Serlio shaft side soffite space square stone storey style superimposed Orders temple theme Thermae torus triglyphs triumphal arch Tuscan Order unfluted usually vault vertical Vitruvius volutes wall