Architecture as language
Introduction
The Classical Language of Architecture is a 1965 book by Sir John Summerson, a compilation of six BBC radio lectures given in 1963. It comprises a 60-page discussion of the origins of classical architecture and its movement through Antiquity, Renaissance, Mannerism, Baroque, Neoclassical and Georgian. Included is a discussion of the rules and elements in classical terms of the Orders, architectural harmony of design. In 2017 it continued to be printed in several countries, in illustrated editions of about 144 pages, with 119 illustrations, plus small diagrams. For the original radio broadcasts, the BBC published a booklet with 60 photographs of the buildings discussed (or plans, etc.), which were expanded in editions of the book.[2][3].
References
- [1] ↑ Summerson, John, The Classical Language of Architecture, edición de 1980, serie Thames and Hudson World of Art ,ISBN 0500201773.
- [2] ↑ Summerson, 6.
- [3] ↑ «The Classical Language of Architecture John SUMMERSONChapter 1 – The Essentials of Classicism». conceptsandprojects.com (en inglés británico). 12 de junio de 2020. Consultado el 9 de julio de 2023.: https://conceptsandprojects.com/en/2020/06/12/the-classical-language-of-architecture-john-summersonchapter-en-2/