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The Art of Building in the Classical World
This page intentionally left blank The Art of Building in the Classical World This book examines the application of drawing in the creation 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 John R Senseney is Assistant Professor of the History of Ancient Architecture in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign A historian of ancient Greek and Roman art and architecture, his current and forthcoming articles and chapters appear in Hesperia, the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, the International Journal of the Book, The Blackwell Companion to Roman Architecture (edited by Roger Ulrich and Caroline Quenemoen), and Sacred Landscapes in Anatolia and Neighboring Regions (edited by Charles Gates, Jacques Morin, and Thomas Zimmermann) The Art of Building in the Classical World Vision, Craftsmanship, and Linear Perspective in Greek and Roman Architecture John R Senseney University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, S˜ao Paulo, Delhi, Tokyo, Mexico City Cambridge University Press 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013-2473, USA www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9781107002357 C John R Senseney 2011 This publication is in copyright Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press First published 2011 Printed in the United States of America A catalog record for this publication is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication data Senseney, John R (John Robert), 1969– The Art of Building in the Classical World: Vision, Craftsmanship, and Linear Perspective in Greek and Roman Architecture / John R Senseney p cm Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-107-00235-7 Architectural design Architectural drawing Architecture, Classical I Title NA2750.S45 2011 2010049728 722 8–dc22 ISBN 978-1-107-00235-7 Hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet Web sites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such Web sites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate To Megan, with much of a muchness CONTENTS List of Figures Preface Note on Dates and Translations Abbreviations Introduction: Challenges of Analysis and Interpretation page ix xi xiii xv 1 The Ideas of Architecture 26 Vision and Spatial Representation 60 The Genesis of Scale Drawing and Linear Perspective 104 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 vii ...This page intentionally left blank The Art of Building in the Classical World This book examines the application of drawing in the creation of classical architecture, exploring how the tools... The Art of Building in the Classical World Pantheon, Rome a.d 120s Plan of level III showing radial pattern of intrados Drawing author, adapted from B.M Boyle, D Scutt, R Larason Guthrie, and... refinements of buildings and the manner in which order itself was envisioned John R Senseney is Assistant Professor of the History of Ancient Architecture in the School of Architecture at the