Main entry:

Harbeson, John F. (John Frederick), 1888-1986.

Title & Author:

The study of architectural design : with special reference to the program of the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design / by John F. Harbeson ; introduction by John Blatteau and Sandra L. Tatman.

Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton, ©2008.

Description:

xxvii, 310 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

Series:

The classical America series in art and architecture

Notes:
Originally published: New York : Pencil Points Press, 1927.
"In association with the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / John Blatteau, Sandra L. Tatman -- A portfolio of contemporary watercolor drawings -- The study of architectural design -- Introduction: The Beaux-Arts method -- Foreword to "The Analytique" / Lloyd Warren -- The " Analytique" or order problem -- Taking the Equisse -- Preparing for the first criticism and laying out the schedule -- Studying the problem -- The use of documents -- Composing the sheet -- Passing to ink -- Rendering -- Rendering (concluded) -- The class b plan problem -- The "Analytique" and plan problem compared -- The Equisse -- The use of examples of similar problems -- Character in design -- Character in design: plan -- Size, scale and proportion -- Size, scale and proportion (continued) -- Size, scale and proportion (concluded) -- Studying by means of mosaic -- Entourage -- Indication -- Rendering -- The archaeology projet and measured drawings -- The Archaeology Projet -- The Archaelogy Projet (concluded) -- The measured drawing -- Review -- The class a problem -- The " Ancien" -- Studying the plan project -- The " Unsymmetrical" plan -- The "Grand Plan" -- "Mosaic" in actual buildings -- The class a decorative problems -- Drawing in the class a project and in competitions -- The sketch problem and size problem -- The sketch problem -- The first preliminary competition for the Paris prize -- The plan sketch problem -- The second preliminary competition for the Paris prize -- Conclusion -- The use of perspective in Altier work -- The psychology of success -- A background.

Summary:

This text details, step-by-step, the Beaux-Arts system of architectural education. With the reissue of this work, the student or practitioner of classical design can reconstruct the course of study used to train every architect in America from its inception until the late 1940s.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780393731286 (pbk.)
0393731286 (pbk.)

Subject:

Harbeson, John Frederick 1888-1986
Harbeson, John Frederick.
Beaux-Arts Institute of Design.
National Institute for Architectural Education
New York (N.Y.) National Institute for Architectural Education.
Architectural design.
Architectural drawing.
Design architectural.
Architekturzeichnung
Ausbildung
Bauentwurf

Form/genre:

Ausbildung.

Added entries:

Institute of Classical Architecture.
Classical America series in art and architecture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257440
Call No.: BIB 187933
Status: Available