内容简介：
This book examines the application of drawing in the design process of classical architecture, exploring how the tools and techniques of drawing developed for architecture subsequently shaped theories of vision and representations of the universe in science and philosophy. Building on recent scholarship that examines and reconstructs the design process of classical architecture, John R. Senseney focuses on technical drawing in the building trade as a model for the expression of visual order, showing that the techniques of ancient Greek drawing actively determined concepts about the world. He argues that the uniquely Greek innovations of graphic construction determined principles that shaped the massing, special qualities and refinements of buildings and the manner in which order itself was envisioned.
作者简介：
John R. Senseney is Assistant Professor of Ancient History in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research has ranged from ancient methods of surveying and planning to Plato and book culture, with publications appearing in Hesperia, Sacred Landscapes in Anatolia and Neighboring Regions, the International Journal of the Classical Tradition and the American Journal of Archaeology.
目录：
List of Figures page ix
Preface xi
Note on Dates and Translations xiii
Abbreviations xv
Introduction: Challenges of Analysis and
Interpretation 1
1 The Ideas of Architecture 26
2 Vision and Spatial Representation 60
3 The Genesis of Scale Drawing and Linear Perspective 104
4 Architectural Vision 142
Excursus: Envisioning Cosmic Mechanism in Plato and Vitruvius 175
Appendix A Analysis of the Dimensions of the Blueprint for Entasis at Didyma 189
Appendix B Analysis of the Hypothetical Working Drawing for Platform
Curvature at Segesta 191
Appendix C Analysis of the Hypothetical Working Drawing for Platform
Curvature in the Parthenon 192
Notes 195
References 227
Index 241