The Lost Meaning of Classical Architecture: Speculations on Ornament from Vitruvius to Venturi by George Hersey

The Lost Meaning of Classical Architecture: Speculations on Ornament from Vitruvius to Venturi

George Hersey

201 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

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Why do architects still use the classical orders? Why use forms derived from ancient Greek temples when ancient Greek religion has been dead for centuries and when the way of life they expressed is extinct? And why decorate a contemporary courthou...

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