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Parallele de l’architecture antique et de la moderne, avec un recueil des dix principaux autheurs qui ont ecrit des cinq ordres, scavoir: Palladio ...
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The first volume of the Parallèle draws to a close with two pieces in verse, the Siècle de Louis le Grand, already published ...
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An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author by Claude Perrault ARTICLE I. Of ...
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Tatham, Etchings Representing the Best Examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture
All plates in “Etchings Representing The Best Examples Of Ancient Ornamental Architecture Drawn From The Originals In Rome And Other Parts Of Italy ...
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Revett & Chandler, Ionian Antiquities
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Spence, Polymetis or an Enquiry concerning the Agreement Between the Works of the Roman Poets and the Remains of the Antient Artists
The first edition had been published in 1747 (after lengthy preparation – Spence had assembled preparatory material during his first visit to Italy). ...
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This book contains the first scholarly architectural study of Paestum in English, edited by Major who alone is named on the title-page and ...
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The first volume of The Antiquities of Athens Measured and Delineated by James Stuart F.R.S. and F.S.A. and Nicholas Revett Painters and Architects, ...
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The enduring influence of the architect Gottfried Semper (1803-1879) derives primarily from his monumental theoretical foray Der Stil in der technischen und tektonischen ...
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A physician, physicist, Cartesian, and “Modern” in the famous querelle des Anciens et des Modernes, Claude Perrault acquired architectural immortality with his design ...
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