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The Lost Meaning of Classical Architecture: Speculations on Ornament from Vitruvius to Venturi

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The Lost Meaning of Classical Architecture: Speculations on Ornament from Vitruvius to Venturi - Hersey, George L, Professor
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By analyzing this poetry - the tropes founded on the Greek terms for ornamental detail - he reconstructs a classical theory about the origin and meaning of the orders, one that links them to ancient sacrificial ritual and myth.

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The Lost Meaning of Classical Architecture: Speculations on Ornament from Vitruvius to Venturi 1988, Mit Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780262580892

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The Lost Meaning of Classical Architecture: Speculations on Ornament from Vitruvius to Venturi 1988, MIT Press (MA), Cambridge, MA

ISBN-13: 9780262081702

Hardcover