The Secrets of Architectural Composition

By Nathaniel Cortland Curtis

This classic survey addresses principles as well as practical applications of scale, balance, proportion, and symmetry. It presents detailed treatments of doors, windows, walls, stairways, columns, and other features. Nearly 250 line drawings by the author illustrate architectural elements from a splendid variety of periods and settings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486480429
• ISBN13: 9780486480428
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"