Orders of Architecture

Marc Notes: This Dover edition, first published in 2015, is an unabridged republication of Normand's Parallel of the Orders of Architecture, originally published by Quadrangle Books, Inc., Chicago, in 1951, reprinted from the first English edition of the work, originally published by A. Pugin, London, in 1829.. Brief Description: "This Dover edition, first published in 2015, is an unabridged republication of Normand's Parallel of the Orders of Architecture, originally published by Quadrangle Books, Inc., Chicago, in 1951, reprinted from the first English edition of the work, originally published by A. Pugin, London, in 1829."Biographical Note: A professor at Manchester University, R. A. Cordingley pioneered the study of regional architecture, devising and perfecting its recording system. Jacket Description/Back: A complete reference to the classical orders of architecture, this magnificently illustrated volume covers the Greek, Roman, and Renaissance periods. In addition to its fully representative selection of works by Italian and French Renaissance architects, the collection features a fine series of measured drawings derived from still-extant monuments of Greek and Roman antiquity. Since the "Orders" created by the Renaissance builders were based upon the earlier structures, this book provides a means of critical comparison as well as an excellent perspective on the growth and significance of the architectural orders. Eighty black-and-white plates by Augustus Pugin and other distinguished artists depict details of works by such architects as Vitruvius, Palladio, Vignola, Serlio, and Lescot. Featured Greek buildings include the Parthenon, the temples of Apollo and Jupiter, the Portico of Augustus, the Aqueduct of Hadrian, and others. More than twenty Roman structures include the Pantheon, the Colosseum and buildings in the adjacent forum, and the temples of Paestum. Dover (2015) republication of the first English edition of" Parallel of the Orders of Architecture: Greek, Roman and Renaissance, " 1829. See every Dover book in print atwww.doverpublications.comPublisher Marketing: A complete reference to the classical orders of architecture, this magnificently illustrated volume covers the Greek, Roman, and Renaissance periods. In addition to its fully representative selection of works by Italian and French Renaissance architects, the collection features a fine series of measured drawings derived from still-extant monuments of Greek and Roman antiquity. Since the "Orders" created by the Renaissance builders were based upon the earlier structures, this book provides a means of critical comparison as well as an excellent perspective on the growth and significance of the architectural orders. Eighty black-and-white plates by Augustus Pugin and other distinguished artists depict details of works by such architects as Vitruvius, Palladio, Vignola, Serlio, and Lescot. Featured Greek buildings include the Parthenon, the temples of Apollo and Jupiter, the Portico of Augustus, the Aqueduct of Hadrian, and others. More than twenty Roman structures include the Pantheon, the Colosseum and buildings in the adjacent forum, and the temples of Paestum.