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A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture: Volume 2: With Illustrations, Notes, and an Examination of Grecian Arch

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture: Volume 2: With Illustrations, Notes, and an Examination of Grecian Arch
Authors and Contributors      By (author) William Chambers
Edited by Joseph Gwilt
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:322
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreArchitectural structure and design
History of architecture
ISBN/Barcode 9781108054706
ClassificationsDewey:729.3
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 39 Plates, black and white; 3 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 23 August 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Sir William Chambers (1722-96), architect and furniture designer, wished to further his career in the 1750s by publishing on architecture. He also became the Prince of Wales' architectural tutor, architect to the office of works, then head of the royal works (comptroller and surveyor-general from 1782). Notably, he remodelled Buckingham House (1762-73) and designed Somerset House (1775-96), but Chambers' reputation rests also on his Treatise on Civil Architecture (1759), which he revised and expanded in 1791 as A Treatise on the Decorative Part of Civil Architecture. It is regarded as one of the standard English texts on classical architecture, and remains essential reading. This reissue is of the two-volume edition of 1825, annotated by the architect and writer Joseph Gwilt (1784-1863). Volume 2 focuses on the application of the orders as well as smaller architectural features, including doors, windows, balustrades, chimney-pieces and ceilings.