Classical Architecture: The Poetics of Order by Alexander Tzonis; Liane Lefaivre - 1986-10-16

MIT Press, 1986. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

MIT Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

UsedGood. Faded spine.

US: The MIT Press, 1986-10-16. rep. Softcover. Very Good/None. 306 pages. Minor warp to covers with light sunning to spine. Clean, tight copy. Record # 463181

MIT Press, 1986. Trade paperback. Near fine. MIT Press, c1986, 1987 printing. 306pp., index, bibliography, black and white drawings and illustrations throughout. 8vo. From the library of art historian Osmund Overby, his name written upper edge of first page. Uncreased spine, near fine trade paperback with only minimal shelfwear on covers.

Paperback. Like New.

MIT Press, 1986. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:9780262700313

The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts; London, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Crisp clean covers, tight binding, clean pages and inside covers. No dust jacket, as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. ISBN: 026270031X. ISBN/EAN: 9780262700313. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 25022101044. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. 9780262700313

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

MIT Press, 1986 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st US Edition. This fascinating introduction to classical art and architecture is the first book to investigate the way classical buildings are put together as formal structures. It researches the generative rules, the poetics of composition that classical architecture shares with classical music, poetry, and drama, and is enriched by a variety of examples and an extensive analysis of compositional rules. The 205 line drawings make up a discourse of their own, a pictorial text that serves as an introductory theory of composition or basic design aid. Drawing from Vitruvius, the poetics of Aristotle, the theories of classical architecture, music, and poetry since the Renaissance, and the poetics of the Russian formalists, the authors present classical architecture as a coherent system of architectural thinking that is capable of producing a tragic humanistic discourse, a public art with critical, moral, and philosophical meaning. Alexander Tzonis is Crown… Read More