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The Elements of Classical Architecture The Elements of Classical Architecture

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by Georges Gromort
Edited and with an Introduction by Henry Hope Reed

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments
Credits
Foreword by Arthur Ross
A Brief Biography of Georges Gromort by Henry Hope Reed
Georges Gromort: The Essential Bibliography

Introductory Essays:
The Importance of the Parallel in Architectural Studies by Richard Franklin Sammons
The Art of Composition by Steven W. Semes
Introduction to 'The American Contribution" by Steven W. Semes

PART I: PARALLEL OF THE CLASSICAL ORDERS
PART II: APPLICATION OF THE ORDERS
PART III: THE AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION

Bibliography
Index


About the Author
Georges Gromort taught architecture in Paris.
About the Editor
Henry Hope Reed is the founder of Classical America.

ISBN 0-393-73051-4 / March 2001 / 200 illustrations / 256 pages