The Classical Language of Architecture / by John Summerson

Summerson, John

Published by London : The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1963

About this Item

Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Physical description; 56 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 19 x 23 cm. Notes; "Scripts of six talks, written for the B.B.C. and delivered in May-July 1963." Contents; The essentials of classicism -- The grammar of antiquity -- Sixteenth-century linguistics -- The rhetoric of the Baroque -- The light of reason--and of archaeology -- Classical into modern. Subjects; Architecture ; Terminology. Architecture, Modern. Architecture History. Classicism in architecture. Architecture Details. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Classical Language of Architecture / by John Summerson
• Publisher: London : The British Broadcasting Corporation
• Publication Date: 1963
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.