SUMMERSON, JOHN

Classical Language of Architecture, the

The MIT Press, 1992. Paperback. ISBN: 0262690128. A Near Fine Paperback, tightlyh bound, bright & unmarked pages. Very light cover edgewear. "The author's purpose is to set out as simply and vividly as possible the exact grammatical workings of an architectural language. 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. "; 8.88 X 0.24 X 7.25 inches; 80 pages. Near Fine .

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Catalogue: Architecture Terminology

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