The Classical Language of Architecture

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• They invented ways of using the orders not merely as ornamental enrichments for their new types of structure but as controls. The orders are, in many Roman buildings, quite useless structurally but they make their buildings expressive, they make them speak; they conduct the building, with sense and ceremony and often with great elegance, into the mind of the beholder. Visually, they dominate and control the buildings to which they are attached. (查看原文)

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• Classical architecture has always, even in ancient times, depended on precedents and, therefore, on written treatises. Vitruvius himself declared his indebtedness to ancient authors and the classicism of the modern world has been to a great extent dependent on Vitruvius. Editions of his work, therefore, take precedence in any review of the literature of classical architecture. Next to Vitruvius, the treatises of 16th century Italy are of the greatest consequence; the are followed by the treatises of other nations which invariably refer back both to Vitruvius and to the Italians. Vitruvius The only Roman writer on architecture whose work survivied to be copied and recopied throught the Middle Ages. The oldest existing manuscript is in the British Museum (Harl.2767); it belongs to the 8th ... (查看原文)

  舒服和韵锦 2013-02-06 18:55:41

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