Main entry:

Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, 1814-1879, author.

Title & Author:

Discourses on architecture / by Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc ; translated from the French by Benjamin Bucknall.

Publication:

New York : Grove Press, [1959]
©1959

Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Volume I. What is barbarism -- The buildings of primitive times -- Comparison between Greek and Roman architecture -- Roman architecture -- Methods to be followed in the study of architecture -- Period of decline in ancient architecture -- The principles of Western architecture in the Middle Ages -- Causes of the decline of architecture -- On principles and branches of knowledge with which architects should be acquainted -- Architecture in the nineteenth century.
Volume II. The construction of buildings -- On the teaching of architecture -- General observations on the external and internal ornamentation of buildings -- On monumental sculpture -- Domestic architecture -- The state of architecture in Europe.

Subject:

Architecture.

Added entries:

Bucknall, Benjamin, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 44228
Call No.: 7765
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 44227
Call No.: 7765
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available