Classical architecture: The poetics of order

By Lefaivre Liane, Alexander Tzonis, Liane Lefaivre

Book Overview

This fascinating introduction to classical art and architecture investigates 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. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262200597
• ISBN13: 9780262200592
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Interesting discussion of the appeal of classical form.

A highly useful if somewhat cursory look at the principals of classical architectural form. As an artist I found it to be very illuminating. Even more important was the author's attempt at developing a modern aesthetic which accounts for the lasting appeal of the classical.

Great book on architectural theory

Tzonis dose a very good job at laying out the foundations of classical architecture, for the biginner and the professional. This book has some very nice drawings incorperated into it that help with the understanding of the theories. This book is highly recomended for any one interested in classical architecture.