The Orders of architecture / [presented by] Joseph Rykwert.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Rykwert, Joseph, 1926-2024, narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Aesthetics.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (29 minutes)): sound, color

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 1982.

Summary:

Joseph Rykwert, architect-trained, was Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge University. He has lectured and published articles all over the world, and is the author of "Idea Of A Town", "On Adam's House In Paradise" (1972) and "The First Moderns" (1980). He is currently working on a book about the orders of architecture. Rykwert's talk discusses how the Orders were once part of the normal architect's education, but that was more than 30 years ago. Yet now, once again, we are interested in them. This is because the situation for architects has changed so much that anything as definite and secure as the Orders acquires a new and forceful appeal. So it is important to understand how these Orders - traditionally 5 of them - came into being.

Contents:

Joseph Rykwert

The Doric, Ionic & Corinthian Orders. From The 16th Century Book 'The First & Chief Groundes Of Architecture' By John Shute

Torso Of Kouros, Temple Of Poseidon At Sounion Near Athens, Pre-500 B.C. From The National Museum, Athens

Kore, Athens, Acropolis, c. 530 B.C. From The Acropolis Museum, Athens

Caryatid Porch Of Erechtheion, Athens Acropolis, 421 - 450 B.C.

Origin Of The Corinthian Order. Engraving From 'Parallel Of Ancient & Modern Orders' By R. Frèart De Chambray, 1650

Acanthus Mollis

Temple Of Apollo At Thermum, North West Greece, 640 B.C. Plan & Detail Of Entablature

Temple Of Hera At Olympia, Greece, Pre-600 B.C. Plans & Details

Reconstruction Of Colour Painting On A Doric Column, According To Gottfried Semper 'Der Stil', 1878

Unfinished Temple At Segesta, Sicily, c. 430 B.C.

Temple Of Athena, Priene, Turkey, c. 350 B.C.

Plate Showing The 5 Orders. From Cesare Cesariano's Commentary On Vitruvius, 1521

Temple Of Solomon, Jerusalem, According To J. Villalpando & H. Prado, 1598

Plate Of 5 Orders. From 'Leçons d'Architecture', J.N.L. Durand, 1802

Invented Lily Order. From 'Arquittetura Civile', G. Guarini, 1670

British Order Of James Adam As Used On Screen Of Carlton House, London. From 'The Decorative Works Of J. & R. Adam', 1778

One Of The 5 Gothic Orders From Batty Langley's 'Gothic Architecture Improved', 1742.

Notes:

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 22, 2021).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.