Canon of the Five Orders of Architecture

One of history's most published architectural treatises, this Renaissance volume identifies the five orders — Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite — and illustrates them in full-page elevational detail. One of history''s most published architectural treatises, this Renaissance volume solidified the architectural canon of the past five centuries. The distinguished architect known as Vignola identified the five orders — Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite — and illustrated them in full-page elevational detail. Accessible even to lay readers.

• | Author: David Watkin, John Leeke, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
• | Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• | Publication Date: Feb 24, 2012
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780486472621
• | ISBN-10: 0486472620