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Classical Architecture - by Alexander Tzonis & Liane Lefaivre (Paperback)

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  • This fascinating introduction to classical art and architecture is the first book to investigate the way classical buildings are put together as formal structures.
  • About the Author: Alexander Tzonis taught at Harvard from 1967 to 1981 and is the author of several books on architecture and design.
  • 306 Pages
  • Architecture, History

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About the Book



This fascinating introduction to classical art and architecture is the first book to investigate the way classical buildings are put together as formal structures.



Book Synopsis



This fascinating introduction to classical art and architecture is the first book to investigate the way classical buildings are put together as formal structures. It researches the generative rules, the poetics of composition that classical architecture shares with classical music, poetry, and drama, and is enriched by a variety of examples and an extensive analysis of compositional rules. The 205 line drawings make up a discourse of their own, a pictorial text that serves as an introductory theory of composition or basic design aid.

Drawing from Vitruvius, the poetics of Aristotle, the theories of classical architecture, music, and poetry since the Renaissance, and the poetics of the Russian formalists, the authors present classical architecture as a coherent system of architectural thinking that is capable of producing a tragic humanistic discourse, a public art with critical, moral, and philosophical meaning.



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"Classical Architecture is surely the first work in English to attempt to assemble, classify, and demystify the ill-understood legacy of classical lore which is, in many respects, the very basis of architecture in the West."- Kenneth Frampton

" Classical Architecture is surely the first work in English to attempt to assemble, classify, and demystify the ill-understood legacy of classical lore which is, in many respects, the very basis of architecture in the West." - Kenneth Frampton

" Classical Architecture is surely the first work in English to attempt to assemble, classify, and demystify the ill-understood legacy of classical lore which is, in many respects, the very basis of architecture in the West." - Kenneth Frampton



About the Author



Alexander Tzonis taught at Harvard from 1967 to 1981 and is the author of several books on architecture and design.

Liane Lefaivre is Professor and Chair of History and Theory of Architecture, University of Applied Art, Vienna, and Research Associate at the Technical University of Delft.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.1 Inches (H) x 5.94 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)
Weight: .95 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 306
Genre: Architecture
Sub-Genre: History
Publisher: MIT Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Alexander Tzonis & Liane Lefaivre
Language: English
Street Date: October 16, 1986
TCIN: 92891327
UPC: 9780262700313
Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-1418
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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