Art of Building in the Classical World - Vision, Craftsmanship, Linear Perspective in Greek Roman

Informationen zum Autor John R. Senseney is Assistant Professor of Ancient History in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research has ranged from ancient methods of surveying and planning to Plato and book culture, with publications appearing in Hesperia, Sacred Landscapes in Anatolia and Neighboring Regions, the International Journal of the Classical Tradition, and the American Journal of Archaeology. Klappentext This book examines the application of drawing in the design process of classical architecture. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: challenges of analysis and interpretation; 1. The ideas of architecture; 2. Vision and spatial representation; 3. The genesis of scale drawing and linear perspective; 4. 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.

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• Authors: John R. Senseney, John R. (University of Illinois Senseney, SENSENEY JOHN R, Senseney John R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2011
• EAN: 9781107002357
• ISBN: 978-1-107-00235-7
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; European History, Ancient Greece, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, Ancient World, Ancient Rome, History of Architecture, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology