The Five Orders of Architecture
Author: Vignola
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Published: 1889
Total Pages: 134
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The American Vignola
Author: William Robert Ware
Publisher:
Published: 1906
Total Pages: 70
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Dancing Column
Author: Joseph Rykwert
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 630
ISBN-13: 9780262681018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJoseph Rykwert is one of the major architectural historians of this century. THE DANCING COLUMN is his most controversial and challenging work to date. A decade in preparation, it is a deeply erudite, clearly written, and wide-ranging deconstruction of the system of column and beam known as the "orders of architecture". Rykwert traces the analogy between columns and/or buildings and the human body. 315 illustrations.
Philosophy for Architects
Author: Branko Mitrovic
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2011-06-29
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1568989946
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhilosophy for Architects is an engaging and easy-to-grasp introduction to philosophical questions ofinterest to students of architectural theory. Topics include Aristotle's theories of "visual imagination" and their relevance to digital design, the problem of optical correction as explored by Plato, Hegel's theory of zeitgeist, and Kant's examinations of space and aesthetics, among others. Focusing primarily on nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophy, it provides students with a wider perspective concerning philosophical problems that come up in contemporary architectural debates.
The Secrets of Architectural Composition
Author: Nathaniel Cortland Curtis
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-09-02
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 048632074X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWell arranged, logical, and aptly illustrated, this classic survey covers every aspect of the design process. It addresses architectural principles as well as their practical application, examining general questions of scale, balance, proportion, and symmetry and presenting detailed treatments of doors, windows, walls, stairways, columns, and other features. Long acknowledged as a valuable resource for students and teachers alike, this volume is unsurpassed in terms of the richness of its material and the consistency of its insights. It was written by Nathaniel Cortlandt Curtis, an influential designer and artist who served as the head of the Tulane School of Architecture. Curtis illustrated his work with nearly 250 line drawings that depict architectural elements from a splendid variety of periods and settings, from ancient Rome's temples and palaces to modern-day hotels and museums of Paris and New York.
A Parallel of the Orders of Architecture
Author: Charles Pierre Joseph Normand
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Published: 1946
Total Pages: 12
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Author: Sebastiano Serlio
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780300062861
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOn the Art of Building in Ten Books
Author: Leon Battista Alberti
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1991-07-01
Total Pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9780262510608
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDe Re Aedificatoria, by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), was the first modern treatise on the theory and practice of architecture. Its importance for the subsequent history of architecture is incalculable, yet this is the first English translation based on the original, exceptionally eloquent Latin text on which Alberti's reputation as a theorist is founded.
The Routledge Companion to Women in Architecture
Author: Anna Sokolina
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-06-28
Total Pages: 604
ISBN-13: 1000387364
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Routledge Companion to Women in Architecture illuminates the names of pioneering women who over time continue to foster, shape, and build cultural, spiritual, and physical environments in diverse regions around the globe. It uncovers the remarkable evolution of women’s leadership, professional perspectives, craftsmanship, and scholarship in architecture from the preindustrial age to the present. The book is organized chronologically in five parts, outlining the stages of women’s expanding engagement, leadership, and contributions to architecture through the centuries. It contains twenty-nine chapters written by thirty-three recognized scholars committed to probing broader topographies across time and place and presenting portraits of practicing architects, leaders, teachers, writers, critics, and other kinds of professionals in the built environment. The intertwined research sets out debates, questions, and projects around women in architecture, stimulates broader studies and discussions in emerging areas, and becomes a catalyst for academic programs and future publications on the subject. The novelty of this volume is in presenting not only a collection of case studies but in broadening the discipline by advancing an incisive overview of the topic as a whole. It is an invaluable resource for architectural historians, academics, students, and professionals.
Pliny the Elder and the Emergence of Renaissance Architecture
Author: Peter Fane-Saunders
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-07-12
Total Pages: 525
ISBN-13: 1316419096
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Naturalis historia by Pliny the Elder provided Renaissance scholars, artists and architects with details of ancient architectural practice and long-lost architectural wonders - material that was often unavailable elsewhere in classical literature. Pliny's descriptions frequently included the dimensions of these buildings, as well as details of their unusual construction materials and ornament. This book describes, for the first time, how the passages were interpreted from around 1430 to 1580, that is, from Alberti to Palladio. Chapters are arranged chronologically within three interrelated sections - antiquarianism; architectural writings; drawings and built monuments - thereby making it possible for the reader to follow the changing attitudes to Pliny over the period. The resulting study establishes the Naturalis historia as the single most important literary source after Vitruvius's De architectura.
