The art of building in the classical world: vision, craftsmanship, and linear perspective in Greek and Roman architecture

Abstract

Introduction: challenges of analysis and interpretation 1. The ideas of architecture 2. Vision and spatial representation 3. The genesis of scale drawing and linear perspective 4. Architectural vision Excursus: envisioning cosmic mechanism in Plato and Vitruvius Appendix A: analysis of the dimensions of the blueprint for entasis at Didyma Appendix B: analysis of the hypothetical working drawing for platform curvature at Segesta Appendix C: analysis of the hypothetical working drawing for platform curvature in the Parthenon.

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