Canon of the Five Orders of Architecture (Dover Architecture) - Softcover

Vignola, Giacomo Barozzi Da

 
9780486472621: Canon of the Five Orders of Architecture (Dover Architecture)

Synopsis

One of history's most published architectural treatises, this Renaissance volume solidified the architectural canon of the past five centuries. The distinguished architect known as Vignola identified the five orders ― Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite ― and illustrated them in full-page elevational detail. Accessible even to lay readers.

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About the Author

Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-73) ranks among Italy's great architects in the 16th-century style known as Mannerism. Along with Palladio and Serlio, he was instrumental in spreading the Renaissance style throughout Europe.

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