Theory of Mouldings (Classical America Series in Art and Architecture)

I’m interested in how it can be used to help my work. Doug McCartney I don’t know why Donald Trump would want one, but maybe. I’m interested in how it can be used to help my work. I’ve read through it twice now, highlighting the second time through and have found some very practical advice on where to use convex verses concave moldings, not to repeat the same shapes in a particular molding, scale, shadow creation based on light sources anticipated, use of spiral rather than circular curves in molding designs, and a few other design elem. Good book, better foreward This is a good book preceded by an excellent foreward. In fact it's not a foreword in the typical sense. Yes, the importance and purpose of the book is explained, but the foreward goes far beyond expectations by providing detailed examples, photographic illustrations, and practical explanations of the meaning of significant principles covered by the book. The book, having originally been publshed in the 1920s, is somewhat dated in style and doesn't contain the sort of useful photographi. This is for the classical architecture wonk or practitioner who This is for the classical architecture wonk or practitioner who wants to, for once and for all, understand the theory of mouldings. Not for the homeowner or the casual architect or builder.But, these things are very important in speaking the language of classical architecture or classically inspired or influenced architecture, and Walker is a voice from another time when these things were taken very seriously.So grab an espresso, put classical music in your headphones and dig in!

Howard Walker (1857-1936) was a distinguished Boston architect.Richard Sammons is a principal of Fairfax & Sammons. . C

“This 146-page ode to cove and ovolo is worth immersion, even in the modern age.” - Architect Magazine“Belongs in the library of any practicing architect who regularly draws from tradition, and especially those who teach.” - Eve M. Kahn, Clem Labine's Period Homes“As a treatise on ornamentation, this is one of the finest.” - The Statement

With the revival of interest in traditional design, practitioners, students, and historians have begun to study and use the vocabulary of forms that so enriched our architectural heritage. This republication of a 1926 study looks at mouldings from historical, practical, aesthetic, and perceptual points of view; Richard Sammons' foreword and a selection of mouldings in use address applications in contemporary architecture. 100 line drawings, 25 photographs