Opis: Architecture Humismatica; Or, Architectural Medals of Classic Antiquity - Donaldson T. L.

Excerpt from Architecture Humismatica; Or, Architectural Medals of Classic Antiquity: Illustrated and Explained by Comparison With the Monuments and the Descriptions of Ancient Authors, and Copious Text, One Hundred Lithographs and Hundred

Among the questions upon architecture, suggested in the pamphlet issued by the Royal Institute of British Architects in the year 1836, and addressed to correspondents and travellers for their direction, occurs the following sentence: - "Another source of information is ancient coins and medals, which frequently represent upon the reverse some building, the erection of which they are designed to commemorate. Series of these have been chronologically arranged at Rome and sold in sets. From them Piranesi and other architectural writers have derived authority for the restoration of many ancient buildings."

Although so many years have elapsed since this suggestion was printed, yet no architect has hitherto taken up the subject, and it was reserved for my excellent friend the Rev. H. J. Rose, Rector of Houghton-Conquest, to be the first in this country to call general attention practically to this special matter, in a brief but very effective paper on "Architectural Medals," read in 1852 before the Bedfordshire Archological Society.

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Szczegóły: Architecture Humismatica; Or, Architectural Medals of Classic Antiquity - Donaldson T. L.

Nazwa: Architecture Humismatica; Or, Architectural Medals of Classic Antiquity Illustrated and Explained by Comparison With the Monuments and the Descriptions of Ancient Authors, and Copious Text, One Hundred Lithographs and Hundred (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Donaldson T. L.
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330755419
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 490
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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