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Bearers of Meaning: The Classical Orders in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance Book

John Onians provides a lively illustrated account on relationship between ideas and the built environment and on the range of meanings that western culture has assigned to the Classical orders. Bearers of Meaning offers a much-needed overview of the history of architectural theory and a vital element in the European intellectual tradition.Read More

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    For all those interested in the relationship between ideas and the built environment, John Onians provides a lively illustrated account of the range of meanings that western culture has assigned to the Classical orders. Onians shows that during the two thousand years from their first appearance in ancient Greece through their codification in Renaissance Italy, the orders - the columns and capitals known as Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite - were made to serve expressive purposes, engaging the viewer in a continuing visual dialogue. Bearers of Meaning offers a much-needed overview of the history of architectural theory as an inseparable twin of architectural practice and a vital element in the European intellectual tradition.

  • 0521398487
  • 9780521398480
  • John Onians
  • 24 May 1990
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 367
  • New edition
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