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Classical Architecture

For two and a half millennia, "to build well" in the West has meant something close to: build the way the Greeks and Romans built. The argument is not yet...

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For two and a half millennia, "to build well" in the West has meant something close to: build the way the Greeks and Romans built. The argument is not yet over. Key sections include: Classical Architecture.; Opening The longest argument.; Chapter I The Doric order.; Chapter II The Ionic order.; Chapter III The Corinthian order.; Chapter IV The Parthenon.; Chapter V Erechtheion and Caryatids.; Chapter VI Stoa, agora, theatre.; Chapter VII The Hellenistic turn.; Chapter VIII The Roman concrete revolution..

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  1. 01Classical Architecture.
  2. 02Opening The longest argument.
  3. 03Chapter I The Doric order.
  4. 04Chapter II The Ionic order.
  5. 05Chapter III The Corinthian order.
  6. 06Chapter IV The Parthenon.
  7. 07Chapter V Erechtheion and Caryatids.
  8. 08Chapter VI Stoa, agora, theatre.
  9. 09Chapter VII The Hellenistic turn.
  10. 10Chapter VIII The Roman concrete revolution.
  11. 11Chapter IX Arch, vault, dome.
  12. 12Chapter X The Pantheon.
  13. 13Chapter XI Colosseum.
  14. 14Chapter XII The Roman Forum.
  15. 15Chapter XIII Pompeii and the house.
  16. 16Chapter XIV Vitruvius.
  17. 17Chapter XV Hadrian's villa.
  18. 18Chapter XVI The bath as social space.
  19. 19Chapter XVII Aqueducts, roads, bridges.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Quotation.
  21. 21Chapter XIX Late antiquity and the basilica.
  22. 22Chapter XX Hagia Sophia.
  23. 23Chapter XXI The triumphal arch.
  24. 24Chapter XXII Polychromy.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII Proportion and the human body.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV The empire abroad.
  27. 27Chapter XXV For the shelf.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI Watch & read.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII The classical, still.
  30. 30Colophon
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