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[A] potent and relevant way of investigating and presenting how architectural effects are achieved.
Book Description
Measuring and drawing classical buildings was the cornerstone of instruction at the famous Ecole des Beaux-Arts and it remains the best training for an architect. In 1904, Georges Gromort, who was to be a professor at the Ecole for half a century, published his landmark study, Choix d'éléments empruntés de l'architecture classique. This classic textbook is now available for the first time in English.
The book is illustrated with photographs of surviving buildings on which the plates were based and Steven W. Semes has written a section on the American contribution to the grand tradition-- the classical skyscraper. This is an essential book not only for classical architects but for everybody who is interested in the grand tradition.