THE CLASSICAL ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE - Robert Chitham

Soft-cover book.
Richly illustrated.
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Book on architecture.
THE CLASSICAL ORDERS OF ARCHITECTURE
Author: Robert Chitham
Publisher: RIZZOLI INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS 
Publication Year: 1985
Pages: 160
Dimensions: 29,5x21
CONTENTS:
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
CHAPTER 3 THE ORDERS IN DETAIL
CHAPTER 4 USE OF THE ORDERS
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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DESCRIPTION:
The Classical Orders of Architecture elaborates on the classical orders of architecture, including Classicism, Tuscan orders, Doric orders, Ionic orders, and Corinthian orders. The publication first examines the teaching of the orders, need for a new handbook of the orders, Roman and Renaissance theorists, traditional systems of proportion, and metric system of measurement. The text then ponders on historical background and orders in detail. Discussions focus on the Greek orders and comparative Tuscan orders, Doric orders, Ionic orders, Corinthian orders, and Composite orders. The book tackles the orders in detail, including the five orders, Tuscan order, Tuscan capital and entablature, Tuscan base and pedestal, Doric order, Doric base and pedestal, Ionic order and volute, Ionic capital and entablature, Ionic base and pedestal, and the Corinthian order. The manuscript then reviews the use of the orders, as well as diminution and fluting, rustication, pediments, moldings and their enrichment, and characteristics of Classicism. The text is a valuable source of information for architects, historians, and researchers interested in the classical orders of architecture.
 
Robert Chitham (1935 or 36 – 13 September 2017) was a British architect and writer. He was the author of The Classical Orders of Architecture published in 1985. A revised edition was published in 2005. He drew from the diagramming and harmony of proportions of classical forms starting from Vitruvius, to Palladio, and foremost to James Gibbs. Chitham was the most recent architect to spell out extensively a more updated, modern, and refined version of classical architecture.[citation needed] Chitham was also the author of Measured drawing for architects, published in 1980.
Chitham was a consultant architect to Chapman Taylor, a London-based architectural practice. In this capacity he was responsible in the early 1980s for a scheme to save a large number of historic buildings in Bloomsbury, near the British Museum. He served as chairman of the Register of Architects Accredited in Building Conservation, and was head of the historic buildings division of English Heritage.
He was the author of "The Classical Orders of Architecture" (Architectural Press, updated 2005) which provided "an accessible introduction" to the basics of Classical architecture.