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Sir John Summerson's short (roughly 80 page) classic is an informal yet trenchant explanation of the classical grammar that has shaped Western architecture from antiquity through the current age. Various architectural elements and styles are explained in a delightful prose that engages and informs.
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Architecture, Details, Terminology, Orders, Klassizismus, Kunst, Bouwkunst, Classicisme, Architecture, history, Roman Architecture, Renaissance Architecture, History, Greek Architecture, Architecture, details, Architecture, greek, Terminologie, Détails, Arquitetura (Historia)People
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The Classical Language of Architecture
1995, The MIT Press, M.I.T. Press
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in English
- 18th printing
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The Classical Language of Architecture
1991, Thames and Hudson
Paperback
in English
- Revised and enlarged edition
0500201773 9780500201770
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The Classical Language of Architecture
1989, The M.I.T. Press
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in English
- 14th printing
0262690128 9780262690126
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Introduction to six broadcast talks given in May-June 1963.
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