Author: Adam, Robert
Title: Classical Architecture: A Comprehensive Handbook to the Tradition of Classical Style
Description: New York, Abrams, 1991. Hardcover. black cloth boards; light blue illustrated dustjacket w/ white, black printing. 319 pgs w/ illustrations. In Classical Architecture Robert Adam traces the history of classical design to the present day and provides examples of virtually everyone of its applications. He shows how the style of classical architecture has been echoed, adapted, and refined in subsequent school, including those as diverse as Hellenistic, Romanesque, and Baroque. Adam draws on an enormous range of source material to illustrate different types of classical buildings, the evolution of its orders, and its theories of proportion, He demonstrates for the first time the extent to which the language of architecture pervades our own culture, and he also lays down essential guidelines for the correct application of its principles. A special feature of this unique handbook is the presentation of illustrative material alongside the discussion of each subject. This juxtaposition of text and drawings shows at a glance the ways in which different features of classicism have been interpreted, and examples include buildings and architectural details in North America and Europe. Each illustration has been painstakingly researched, carefully drawn, and presented with scale. Every element of classical design is here, including entire sections devote to brackets, mouldings, and decorative details, as well as to domes, arches, pediments, doors, porches, windows, and even fireplace surrounds.--Amazon. New/Sealed (remains in publisher's wrap; may have bumping, rubbing etc to edges & corners) .

Keywords: European Architecture, Classical Architecture ; Architectural Styles ; ; General Reference - European Architecture


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