Title & Author:

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

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1982.

Description:

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

Notes:
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.

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.

Subject:

Architecture Aesthetics.
Architecture Esthétique.

Added entries:

Rykwert, Joseph, 1926-2024, narrator.