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Greek and Roman Architecture in Classic Drawings
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Greek and Roman Architecture in Classic Drawings
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Perhaps the finest record of classical architectural detail ever made. Executed in the demanding technique of India ink and water color rendering, the illustrations include the Parthenon, Roman temples, Pantheon, Colosseum, many others. Unparalleled three-dimensionality and effects of scale. Enhanced with Introductory Notes by John Blatteau and Christiane Sears. Notes. Preface. 127 plates.
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A Selection of Plates from d’Espouy’s
Fragments from Greek and Roman Architecture
THE original d’Espouy volumes—entirely in French, of course—are to be found in most major libraries of art and architecture.
A word about the term “restoration” as used in this book: in undertaking their restorations, the Rome prize winners were reconstructing, or attempting to recreate, the probable appearance of Greek and Roman ornament and building from all available examples.
List of Plates
The Acropolis
From the West, restored by Marcel Lambert
The Propylaea on the Acropolis
General View and Longitudinal Section, restored by Emile Ulmann
Ionic Order and Ceiling, restored by Edmond Guillaume
Ionic Column and Capital, restored by Emile Ulman
Various Details, restored by Edmond Guillaume
The Temple of Athena Nike
Actual State and Restoration, by Honoré Daumet and Louis-Philippe Boitte
Ionic Capital with Base and Entablature, restored by Honoré Daumet with Henri Chapu
Ionic Capital, restored by Honoré Daumet
Erechtheum on the Acropolis
Ionic Capital and Entablature, restored by Léon Ginain
Entablature, restored by Léon Ginain
Ionic Capital and Base, restored by Léon Ginain
Actual Condition and Restoration of the Caryatids, by Emmanuel Brune and Léon Ginain
A Caryatid with Entablature, restored by Léon Ginain
Details of Pilaster, by Marcel Tétaz
Details of Doorway, by Léon Ginain
The Parthenon
Details, restored by Honoré Daumet
Monument of Lysicrates
General View and Details, by Edouard Loviot
Fragments in Athens
Throne of the Priest, restored by Alphonse-Alexandre Defrasse
Frieze from the Acropolis, by Pierre André
Pompeii
Details of Triangular Forum, restored by Fe...
Table of contents
- DOVER BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE
- THE CLASSICAL AMERICA SERIES IN ART AND ARCHITECTURE
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Hector d’Espouy’s Plates as a Guide for Architects and Designers
- Notes on the Life of Hector d’Espouy
- Hector d’Espouy’s Preface to Fragments from Greek and Roman Architecture,
- A Selection of Plates from d’Espouy’s - Fragments from Greek and Roman Architecture