RICE'S ARCHITECTURAL PRIMER covers the grammar and vocabulary of
British buildings, explaining the evolution of styles from Norman
castles to Norman Foster. Its aim is to enable the reader to
recognise, understand and date any British building.
As Matthew Rice says, 'Once you can speak any language,
conversation can begin, but without it communications can only be
brief and brutish. The same is the case with Architecture: an
inability to describe the component parts of a building leaves one
tongue-tied and unable to begin to discuss what is or is not
exciting, dull or peculiar about it.' RICE'S ARCHITECTURAL PRIMER
will explain the language of architecture. With it in your hand,
pocket or car, buildings will break down beguilingly into their
component parts, ready for inspection and discussion. There will be
no more references to that curly bit on top of the thing with the
square protrusions. Ungainly and inept descriptions will be a thing
of the past and, fluent in the world of volutes, hood moulds, lobed
architraves and bucrania, you will be able to leave a cathedral or
country house with as much to talk about as a film or play.
RICE'S ARCHITECTURAL PRIMER starts with an explanation of the basic
'Grammar' of buildings: elevation, plan, roof, gable and eave. This
will enable the reader to better make use of what is to follow. It
will also cover the Orders of Architecture - Doric, Tuscan, Ionic,
Corinthian and Composite - so that the vital basics of Classicism
are covered. Following this is the 'Vocabulary'. This will be a
chronological reference section covering, period by period, the
windows, doors and doorcases, columns, chimneys, arches,
balustrades and pediments that make up the built environment.
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