[Book review]

Author

Onians, John

Document type

Compte rendu de livre

Language

English

Source

Burlington magazine. 1989, Num. 1031, Vol. 131, p. 158

ISSN

0007-6287

Abstract (en)

Comments on the author's effort to recover the original meaning of ancient architecture through study of its descriptive terminology, and on his belief that its association with sacrifice and the body (e.g., the relationship between the column and the figure) is the key to the persistence of Classical architecture.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- Architecture
• Architecture
• Architectural orders
• Columns
• Ancient [art]
• Ornament
• Sacrifice
• Classicism
• Human figure
• Vitruvius (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio), 1st c. B.C.
• Venturi, Robert, b.1925
• History
• Terminology

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- Architecture
• Architecture
• Ordre (architecture)
• Colonne
• Antique (art)
• Ornement
• Sacrifice
• Classicisme
• Corps humain
• Vitruve (Marcus Vitruvius Pollio), 1~e~r s. av. J.C.
• Venturi, Robert, n.1925
• Histoire
• Terminologie

Review of

19910101-00447583

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00447584

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