Roofed Theaters of Classical Antiquity
by Izenour, George C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG (Former owner name and year on first page, otherwise clean.)
- ISBN 10
- 0300046855
- ISBN 13
- 9780300046854
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1992. Hardcover. VG (Former owner name and year on first page, otherwise clean.). Slate gray cloth, black title block on spine with gilt letters and outline; gray paper dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 234 pp., BW illus., floor plans, and elevations. "The first to explore the roofed theater sites of clasical antiquity. George Izenour, one fot he most distinguished modern experts on theater design, engineering, and acoustics, examines the archeological remains of twenty-four Greek, Greco-Hellenistic, and Roman buildings. He provides detailed architectural drawings of their probable original appearance and discusses how these huge spaces were spanned and what the precise effects might have been on sound, lighting, and ventilation." (dj) Chock full of illustrations, floor plans, and architectural renderings and elevations. Uncommon.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 155988
- Title
- Roofed Theaters of Classical Antiquity
- Author
- Izenour, George C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (Former owner name and year on first page, otherwise clean.)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0300046855
- ISBN 13
- 9780300046854
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven and London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- European Architecture ; Greek Architecture ; Roman Architecture ; ;
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- Gilt
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- VG
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- Spine
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