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Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Introduction

What is Classical Architecture? A few definitions

The Orders of Architecture and Their Application

Introduction; the Greek Orders; the Greek Doric Order; the Greek Ionic Order; the Greek Corinthian Order; the Roman Orders; the Tuscan Order; the Roman Doric Order; the Roman Ionic Order; the Roman Corinthian Order; the Roman Composite Order; application of the Orders

The Graeco-Roman Roots of Classical Architecture

The main sources of Classicism: Greek Architecture; Roman Architecture; concluding comparative remarks

The Renaissance Period

Columns, pilasters, antae, and piers; key buildings of the Early Renaissance; later Palazzi; Venetian Palazzi, Sansovino, and Alberti; centralized and circular plans; Michelangelo; Serlio and Vignola; Palladio

Baroque, Rococo, and Palladianism

Introduction; Bernini, Borromini, ellipses, and western facades; some French examples; Classical Architecture in England; some German buildings; Palladianism

Neoclassicism and After

Neoclassicism and Rome; Cordemoy and Laugier; the rediscovery of Greece; the Greek Revival; the move away from Neoclassicism

Epilogue

Glossary

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Index