The ruins of the most beautiful monuments of Greece / Julien-David Le Roy ; introduction by Robin Middleton ; translation by David Britt.

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Le Roy, David, 1724?-1803, author.

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The ruins of the most beautiful monuments of Greece / Julien-David Le Roy ; introduction by Robin Middleton ; translation by David Britt.

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xi, 550 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

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Translation of Julien-David Le Roy, Les ruines des plus beaux monuments de la Grece, considérées du côté de l'histoire et du côté de l'architecture, 2nd ed., 2 v. (Paris: Imprimerie de Louis-Francois Delatour, 1770)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-517) and index.
The ruins of the most beautiful monuments of Greece, historically and architecturally considered. -- V. 1. Which contains the ruins of those monuments erected by the Athenians before the end of the Age of Pericles; with an essay on the history of architecture, and a dissertation on the length of the Greek foot ; Preface ; Essay on the history of architecture ; pt. 1. The ruins of the monuments erected by the Athenians before the end of the Age of Pericles, historically considered ; pt. 2. The ruins of the monuments erected by the Athenians before the end of the Age of Pericles and of Alexander, architecturally considered. -- V. 2. Which contains the ruins of the monuments erected by the Athenians after the end of the Age of Pericles and the antiquities of Corinth and Sparta; with an essay on the theory of architecture, and a dissertation on the length of the course at Olympia ; Essay on the theory of architecture ; pt. 1. The ruins of the monuments erected by the Athenians after the end of the Age of Pericles, historically considered; with the antiquities of Corinth and Sparta ; pt. 2. The ruins of the monuments erected by the Athenians after the end of the Age of Pericles, architecturally considered; with a description of two temples, one at Pola, the other at Corinth.
In English; translated from the French.
Includes reproductions of CCA Library and collection material.

Summary:

"The striking engravings of Julien-David Le Roy's The Ruins of the Most Beautiful Monuments of Greece (1758) first revealed the architectural wonders of ancient Athens to the West. Part architectural theory, part archaeological report, part travelogue, the greatly expanded edition of 1770 -- here translated into English -- is entirely original in its understanding of the spirit of classical Greek architecture and in its influence on the direction of contemporary architectural creation. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN:

0892366699 (pbk.)
9780892366699 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architecture Greece.
Architecture, Ancient Greece.
Architecture Grèce.
Architecture antique Grèce.
Antiquities
Architecture
Architecture, Ancient
Ruïnes.
Monumenten.
Oudheden.
Greece Antiquities.
Grèce Antiquités.
Greece
Centre canadien d'architecture Collection
Centre canadien d'architecture. Bibliothèque Collections

Added entries:

Britt, David, 1939- translator.
Middleton, Robin, writer of introduction.
Middleton, Robin
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Location: Library main 230994
Call No.: NA270 .L413 2004
Status: Available

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