Penrose, Francis: An investigation of the principles of Athenian architecture: or the results of a recent survey conducted chiefly with reference to the optical refinements exhibited in the construction of the ancient buildings at Athens (London [u.a.], 1888)

Penrose, Francis

An investigation of the principles of Athenian architecture: or the results of a recent survey conducted chiefly with reference to the optical refinements exhibited in the construction of the ancient buildings at Athens

London [u.a.], 1888

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DOI / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.2984
URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-29840
Metadata: METS
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Frontispiz
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Society of Dilettanti
V-VII Preface to the first edition
IX Preface to the second edition
XI-XII Contents / Subjects of the vignettes
1-8 Chapter I: General description of the Acropolis of Athens
9-21 Chapter II: On the proportions of the Parthenon
22-35 Chapter III
36-38 Chapter IV: On the incliniation of the columns of the Parthenon and other Athenian buildings
39-44 Chapter V: On the entasis of the Athenian columns
45-47 Chapter VI: Miscellaneous details of the construction of the Parthenon
48-54 Chapter VII: On the curves of the Athenian mouldings
55-57 Chapter VIII: On the polychromy of the Parthenon
58-59 Chapter IX: On the polychromy of the Athenian Propylaea
60-71 Chapter X: General Description of the Athenian Propylaea
72-73 Chapter XI: Some particulars respecting the Theseum
74-87 Chapter XII
88-97 Chapter XIII: The Erechtheum
98-102 Chapter XIV: On the remains of an earlier Parthenon
103-110 Chapter XV: On the theory of the optical corrections adopted by the Greek architects
111-124 Appendix
125-128 Index
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