Design and Tradition: A short account of the principles and historic development of architecture and the applied artsFenn, Amor
History
Design and Tradition: A short account of the principles and historic development of architecture and the applied arts
Fenn, Amor
Architecture; Art; Decoration and ornament; Decoration and ornament -- History
113--Sir
Christopher Wren, p. 114--Classic Treatment of the Spire, p. 116--Dutch
and French Influences, p. 118--Queen Anne Period--Early Georgian, p.
120--Furniture Design, Chippendale, p. 121--Mayhew--Robert Adam, p.
123--Hepplewhite, p. 126--Sheraton--Louis XVI, p. 127--Riesener and
Gouthière, p. 133--Empire--Empire in England--Later English
Architecture, p. 135--French Influence on Europe, p. 136.
III Mouldings.....138
Purpose--The Fillet--Sheltering Mouldings--The Cavetto, p. 139--Cyma
Recta--Bracketing Mouldings--The Ovolo, p. 140--Cyma Reversa--Binding
Mouldings, p. 141--The Torus--The Scotia--The Facia, p. 142--Decoration
of Mouldings, p. 143--Orthodox Details--Angle Leaf, p. 145--Dentils, p.
146--Employment of Mouldings, p. 147--Attitude, p. 148--Panel
Mouldings--Woodwork, p. 149--Applied Mouldings, p. 151--Bolection
Moulding, p. 152--Mouldings in Plaster Work--Wood Turning, p. 153--Metal
Turning--Pottery, p. 154--Mechanically produced Metal Mouldings--Wrought
Iron, p. 155--Silver Work, p. 156--Sheet Metal, Spinning, and Repoussé,
p. 157.
IV Architectural Proportions.....158
Introduction, p. 158--System of Proportion, p. 159--The Order, p.
160--Doric Order, p. 161--Ionic Order--Corinthian Order, p. 163--Doric
Entablatures--Mutules, p. 164--Ionic Entablature, p. 169--Corinthian
Entablature, p. 171--The Column, p. 172--The Capital--Doric Capital, p.
173--Ionic Capital--Ionic Volute, p. 175--Corinthian Capital, p.
178--The Base, p. 180--Doric Base, p. 181--Ionic Base, p.
182--Corinthian Base--The Arch, p. 184--Doric Impost, p. 185--Doric
Archivolt--Ionic Impost, p. 186--Ionic Archivolt--Corinthian
Impost--Corinthian Archivolt--The Keystone, p. 187--The Pedestal, p.
188--Doric Pedestal, p. 189--Ionic Pedestal--Corinthian Pedestal, p.
190--The Baluster, p. 191--Spacing of Balusters--Balustrading, p.
193--Use of Columns, p. 194--Disposition and Spacing in Colonnades, p.
195--Orders above Orders, p. 197--The Pilaster, p. 199--Arcades, p.
200--The Subsidiary Order, p. 202--Treatment of Superimposed Orders, p.
204--Rustication, p. 205--The Basement, p. 207--The Attic, p. 208--The
Pediment, p. 209--Doors, p. 211--Windows, p. 213.
V Division of Surface.....216
Wall Treatment, p. 216--Ceilings, p. 218--Jacobean--Carolean and
Georgian, p. 221--Adam Ceilings, p. 222--Vaults and Domes, p. 224--The
Cove, p. 225--The Frieze, p. 226--Borders, p. 227--Geometric
Elements--The Undulate Line, p. 230--Repetition and Alternation, p.
233--Treatment of Angles, p. 234--Pilaster Treatment--Panelled
Pilasters, p. 235--Capitals and Bases--Treatment of Panels, p.
236--Juxtaposition, p. 238--The Growth Line in Composition, p.
241--Grouping and Massing of Detail--Division of Area, p. 242--Human and
Animal Life in Composition, p. 244--Forms in the Round, p. 245 Supports
and Balusters--Standards, p. 246--Proportion, p. 247--Vase Forms and
Treatment, p. 248--Working Drawings, p. 249--The Segment or Stretch out,
p. 250.
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