September 10, 2011
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The previous item on the use of Roman architectural orders during the Renaissance, it turns out, comes from a special section in the Guardian all about Renaissance architecture in the blessed isle. Another item in the series mentions in passing: Ben Jonson lived most of his life as a non-paying guest in the houses of…
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Image via Wikipedia Somewhat peripheral to our purview, but interesting in a nachlebenesque sort of way is an item from the Guardian: The classical “orders” describe a kind of architectural grammar, first developed in Greek architecture then adapted and extended by the Romans. Essentially, the orders determine the shape, proportion and decoration of the basic…
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Something to keep you occupied as I catch up on a mini-backlog: Ken Kitchell AND CAMWS will be in LA soon September 10, 2011 Ann Ostrom Classic Irony is the Blogosphere September 7, 2011 (author unknown) Turkey and the V&A September 9, 2011 David Gill Bibliography: Ancient Greek Science September 9, 2011 classicslibrarian L’Année épigraphique…
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