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This page intentionally left blank The Art of Building in the Classical World Thisbookexaminestheapplicationofdrawinginthecreationofclassicalarchitec- ture,exploringhowthetoolsandtechniquesofdrawingdevelopedforarchitecture subsequentlyshapedtheoriesofvisionandrepresentationsoftheuniverseinsci- enceandphilosophy.Buildingonrecentscholarshipthatexaminesandreconstructs thedesignprocessofclassicalarchitecture,JohnR.Senseneyfocusesontechnical drawinginthebuildingtradeasamodelfortheexpressionofvisualorder,showing thatthetechniquesofancientGreekdrawingactivelydeterminedconceptsabout theworld.HearguesthattheuniquelyGreekinnovationsofgraphicconstruction determinedprinciplesthatshapedthemassing,specialqualities,andrefinementsof buildingsandthemannerinwhichorderitselfwasenvisioned. John R. Senseney is Assistant Professor of the History of Ancient Architecture in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. A historian of ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture, his current and forthcoming articles and chapters appear in Hesperia, theJournal of the Society of Architectural Historians, the International Journal of the Book, The Blackwell CompaniontoRomanArchitecture(editedbyRogerUlrichandCarolineQuenemoen), andSacredLandscapesinAnatoliaandNeighboringRegions(editedbyCharlesGates, JacquesMorin,andThomasZimmermann). (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) The Art of Building in the Classical World Vision, Craftsmanship, and Linear Perspective in Greek and Roman Architecture John R. Senseney University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign cambridgeuniversitypress Cambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown, Singapore,Sa˜oPaulo,Delhi,Tokyo,MexicoCity CambridgeUniversityPress 32AvenueoftheAmericas,NewYork,NY10013-2473,USA www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107002357 (cid:1)C JohnR.Senseney2011 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2011 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica AcatalogrecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationdata Senseney,JohnR.(JohnRobert),1969– TheArtofBuildingintheClassicalWorld:Vision,Craftsmanship,andLinear PerspectiveinGreekandRomanArchitecture/JohnR.Senseney. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-1-107-00235-7 1.Architecturaldesign. 2.Architecturaldrawing. 3.Architecture,Classical. I.Title. NA2750.S45 2011 722(cid:2).8–dc22 2010049728 ISBN978-1-107-00235-7Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofURLs forexternalorthird-partyInternetWebsitesreferredtointhispublicationanddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchWebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. (cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1) To Megan, with much of a muchness (cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1) CONTENTS ListofFigures pageix Preface xi NoteonDatesandTranslations xiii Abbreviations xv Introduction: Challenges of Analysis and Interpretation 1 1 The Ideas of Architecture 26 2 Vision and Spatial Representation 60 3 The Genesis of Scale Drawing and Linear Perspective 104 4 Architectural Vision 142 Excursus:EnvisioningCosmicMechanisminPlatoandVitruvius 175 AppendixA AnalysisoftheDimensionsoftheBlueprintforEntasisatDidyma 189 AppendixB AnalysisoftheHypotheticalWorkingDrawingforPlatform CurvatureatSegesta 191 AppendixC AnalysisoftheHypotheticalWorkingDrawingforPlatform CurvatureintheParthenon 192 Notes 195 References 227 Index 241 (cid:1) vii
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