The Dancing Column: On Order in Architecture by Rykwert, Joseph [1926- ] - (1996)

Turin : Hopefulmonster Editore : GAM, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 121 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), plans ; 28 cm. Notes; With essays by Joseph Rykwert, Laura Cherubini, and Jo�o Fernandes. Biog. ; exhibs. ; colls. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Turin), 3 Feb. - 3 Apr. 2005. Bibliography: p. [122-123]. Text in Italian, with English translations at end of item. Subjects; Bartolini, Massimo (1962-). Bartolini, Massimo, (1962-) - Exhibitions. Genre; Illustrated.

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000. Review edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Edition; 1st. Physical description; xii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. [259]-267. Summary; Eminent architectural historian, Jospeh Rykwert looks at the complex story of the city since the industrial revolution. He draws on sociology, social, economic and political history and their complex interactions with the history of architecture. Rykwert's knowledge of world cities is remarkable, and the book will draw on Shanghai as much as Los Angeles, Rio as well as London, Melbourne as well as Paris, both in looking at past developments and for models for the future. His book is also a timely celebration of metropolitan values that have recently been denigrated: tolerance, liberalism, cultural vitality, pluralism. It is an important book that no-one with an interest in… Read More

Turin : Hopefulmonster Editore : GAM, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 121 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), plans ; 28 cm. Notes; With essays by Joseph Rykwert, Laura Cherubini, and Jo�o Fernandes. Biog. ; exhibs. ; colls. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Turin), 3 Feb. - 3 Apr. 2005. Bibliography: p. [122-123]. Text in Italian, with English translations at end of item. Subjects; Bartolini, Massimo (1962-). Bartolini, Massimo, (1962-) - Exhibitions. Genre; Illustrated.

New York : H. N. Abrams, 2000. First Edition. Hardback. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 223 pages; Subjects: Architecture, Domestic--Europe. Historic buildings--Europe. Architecture, Domestic--United States. Historic buildings--United States.