William Chambers

A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture

Volume 2: With Illustrations, Notes, and an Examination of Grecian Architecture
Herausgeber: Gwilt, Joseph

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This two-volume work, expanded and published in 1825, is regarded as one of the standard English texts on classical architecture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 525g
• ISBN-13: 9781108054706
• ISBN-10: 1108054706
• Artikelnr.: 37467060

Inhaltsangabe

Of pedestals
Of the application of the orders of architecture
Of intercolumniations
Of arcades and arches
Of orders above orders
Of basements and attics
Of pediments
Of balustrades
Of gates, doors, and piers
Of windows
Of niches and statues
Of chimney-pieces
Of profiles for doors, windows, niches, chimney-pieces, etc.
Of block cornices and extraneous entablatures
Of the proportions of rooms
Of ceilings
Designs for casines, temples, gates, doors, etc.
Explanation of the principal terms employed in the science of architecture
General index
Directions to the binder
Errata.