The Art of Building in the Classical World : Vision, Craftsmanship, and Linear Perspective in Greek and Roman Architecture /
Senseney, John R. 1969-
The Art of Building in the Classical World : Vision, Craftsmanship, and Linear Perspective in Greek and Roman Architecture / John R. Senseney. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xv, 245 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: challenges of analysis and interpretation -- The ideas of architecture -- Vision and spatial representation -- The genesis of scale drawing and linear perspective -- Architectural vision -- Excursus: Envisioning cosmic mechanism in Plato and Vitruvius -- Appendix A: Analysis of the dimensions of the blueprint for entasis at Didyma -- Appendix B: Analysis of the hypothetical working drawing for platform curvature at Segesta -- Appendix C: Analysis of the hypothetical working drawing for platform curvature in the Parthenon.
"This book examines the application of drawing in the design process of classical architecture, exploring how the tools and techniques of drawing developed for architecture subsequently shaped theories of vision and representations of the universe in science and philosophy. Building on recent scholarship that examines and reconstructs the design process of classical architecture, John R. Senseney focuses on technical drawing in the building trade as a model for the expression of visual order, showing that the techniques of ancient Greek drawing actively determined concepts about the world. He argues that the uniquely Greek innovations of graphic construction determined principles that shaped the massing, special qualities, and refinements of buildings and the manner in which order itself was envisioned"--Provided by publisher
Text in English.
9781139042499 (electronic bk.) 1139042491 (electronic bk.) 9781139045131 113904513X 9780511976711 (ebook) 0511976712 9781107651258 (paperback) 1107651255 1107220491 9781107220492 1139036262 9781139036269 1283055031 9781283055031 9786613055033 6613055034 1139038583 9781139038584 1139040952 9781139040952
99952413489
Architectural design.
Architectural drawing.
Architecture, Classical.
Architecture, Ancient.
Design architectural.
Architecture antique.
ART--History--Ancient & Classical.
ARCHITECTURE--History--Ancient & Classical.
Architectural design.
Architectural drawing.
Architecture, Classical.
Architektur.
Architekturzeichnung.
Raumdarstellung.
Perspektive.
Grekisk arkitektur.
Romersk arkitektur.
Arkitekturritningar--antiken.
Griechenland (Altertum)
Römisches Reich.
Electronic books.
NA2750 / .S45 2011eb
722/.8
NA 2750 / S467 2011
The Art of Building in the Classical World : Vision, Craftsmanship, and Linear Perspective in Greek and Roman Architecture / John R. Senseney. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xv, 245 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: challenges of analysis and interpretation -- The ideas of architecture -- Vision and spatial representation -- The genesis of scale drawing and linear perspective -- Architectural vision -- Excursus: Envisioning cosmic mechanism in Plato and Vitruvius -- Appendix A: Analysis of the dimensions of the blueprint for entasis at Didyma -- Appendix B: Analysis of the hypothetical working drawing for platform curvature at Segesta -- Appendix C: Analysis of the hypothetical working drawing for platform curvature in the Parthenon.
"This book examines the application of drawing in the design process of classical architecture, exploring how the tools and techniques of drawing developed for architecture subsequently shaped theories of vision and representations of the universe in science and philosophy. Building on recent scholarship that examines and reconstructs the design process of classical architecture, John R. Senseney focuses on technical drawing in the building trade as a model for the expression of visual order, showing that the techniques of ancient Greek drawing actively determined concepts about the world. He argues that the uniquely Greek innovations of graphic construction determined principles that shaped the massing, special qualities, and refinements of buildings and the manner in which order itself was envisioned"--Provided by publisher
Text in English.
9781139042499 (electronic bk.) 1139042491 (electronic bk.) 9781139045131 113904513X 9780511976711 (ebook) 0511976712 9781107651258 (paperback) 1107651255 1107220491 9781107220492 1139036262 9781139036269 1283055031 9781283055031 9786613055033 6613055034 1139038583 9781139038584 1139040952 9781139040952
99952413489
Architectural design.
Architectural drawing.
Architecture, Classical.
Architecture, Ancient.
Design architectural.
Architecture antique.
ART--History--Ancient & Classical.
ARCHITECTURE--History--Ancient & Classical.
Architectural design.
Architectural drawing.
Architecture, Classical.
Architektur.
Architekturzeichnung.
Raumdarstellung.
Perspektive.
Grekisk arkitektur.
Romersk arkitektur.
Arkitekturritningar--antiken.
Griechenland (Altertum)
Römisches Reich.
Electronic books.
NA2750 / .S45 2011eb
722/.8
NA 2750 / S467 2011