Bearers of Meaning: The Classical Orders in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance

John Onians

Published by Princeton University Press 1990

Bearers of Meaning

The Classical Orders in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance

John Onians

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691221953

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For all those interested in the relationship between ideas and the built environment, John Onians provides a lively illustrated account of the range of meanings that Western culture has assigned to the Classical orders. Onians shows that during the 2,000 years from their first appearance in ancient Greece through their codification in Renaissance Italy, the orders--the columns and capitals known as Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite--were made to serve expressive purposes, engaging the viewer in a continuing visual dialogue.

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"There is a great deal of original thought in this book. It covers a vast period of time with an enviable command of scholarship and unfaltering self-possession. It . . . sees the light when the Classical orders are once again . . . spoken of with curiosity and respect and when Classical fundamentals are being sought as a refuge from the disordered philosophies of the recent past."---John Summerson, The Times Literary Supplement

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I Classical Greece Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
II The Hellenistic world and the Roman Republic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
III Vitruvius Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
IV The Roman Empire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
V Early Christianity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
VI The column in the Christian Middle Ages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
VII The orders in the Christian Middle Ages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
VIII The crisis of architecture: Medieval and Renaissance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
IX The Tuscan Renaissance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
X Alberti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
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