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Sir John Summerson's short (roughly 80 page) classic is an informal yet trenchant explanation of the classical grammar that has shaped Western architecture from antiquity through the current age. Various architectural elements and styles are explained in a delightful prose that engages and informs.
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Warm, resolved, cool and classical in form.
- warmbleak
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- John N. Summerson, Alan Powers
- First published
- 1963
- Pages
- 56
- Publisher
- Ming wen shu ju gu fen you xian gong si, M.I.T. Press, The M.I.T. Press
- Editions
- 28
- Language
- French, German, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9783528087630
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One of the leading British architectural historians of the 20th century.
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