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Theory of mouldings / by C. Howard Walker ; foreword by Richard Sammons.

By: Walker, Charles Howard, 1857-1936Material type: TextTextSeries: The classical America series in art and architecturePublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2007. Description: xxx, 146 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 0393732339 (hardcover); 9780393732337 (hardcover)Subject(s): Architecture -- Details | MoldingsDDC classification: 721/.2 LOC classification: NA2960 | .W3 2007Online resources: Table of contents only Notre Dame Online Access
Contents:
Ch.1. Introductory : The use of mouldings in design -- Ch.2. Mouldings ; Definition of mouldings ; General conditions : Strength ; Dominance -- Ch.3. Structural derivations ; Influence of materials : Reeds ; Clay ; Wood ; Stone ; Metal and glass -- Ch.4. Genesis of types : Columns ; Capitals ; Structures in wood ; Joints and corners ; Vertical types ; Entablature ; The orders -- Ch.5. Effect of mouldings -- Ch.6. The nomenclature of mouldings ; Simple sections ; Mouldings of combined convex and concave factors -- Ch.7. Analysis of shapes : Mouldings of planes ; Mouldings with curved profiles: Single curves ; Convex: Single curve mouldings ; Concave: Single curves ; Proportions of groupings ; Mouldings of compound curves ; Traditional combinations -- Ch.8. Grouped mouldings ; Metal mouldings ; Turned forms -- Ch.9. Positions of mouldings ; Influence of position upon horizontal mouldings ; Base ; Wall ; Logs ; Joints ; Pier ; Shaft ; Capital ; Entablature -- Ch.10. Derivation of the orders ; The Greek Doric Order ; The Greek Ionic Order ; The Greek Corinthian Order -- Ch.11. Early Christian architecture ; Round arched architecture ; Gothic architecture -- Ch.12. Window tracery ; Renaissance mouldings ; Oriental mouldings -- Ch.13. Design of mouldings ; The ornamentation of mouldings ; Panel mouldings ; Mouldings with gradations of sections.
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"In association with the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America."

Includes index.

Originally published: Cleveland, OH : J.H. Jansen, 1926.

Ch.1. Introductory : The use of mouldings in design -- Ch.2. Mouldings ; Definition of mouldings ; General conditions : Strength ; Dominance -- Ch.3. Structural derivations ; Influence of materials : Reeds ; Clay ; Wood ; Stone ; Metal and glass -- Ch.4. Genesis of types : Columns ; Capitals ; Structures in wood ; Joints and corners ; Vertical types ; Entablature ; The orders -- Ch.5. Effect of mouldings -- Ch.6. The nomenclature of mouldings ; Simple sections ; Mouldings of combined convex and concave factors -- Ch.7. Analysis of shapes : Mouldings of planes ; Mouldings with curved profiles: Single curves ; Convex: Single curve mouldings ; Concave: Single curves ; Proportions of groupings ; Mouldings of compound curves ; Traditional combinations -- Ch.8. Grouped mouldings ; Metal mouldings ; Turned forms -- Ch.9. Positions of mouldings ; Influence of position upon horizontal mouldings ; Base ; Wall ; Logs ; Joints ; Pier ; Shaft ; Capital ; Entablature -- Ch.10. Derivation of the orders ; The Greek Doric Order ; The Greek Ionic Order ; The Greek Corinthian Order -- Ch.11. Early Christian architecture ; Round arched architecture ; Gothic architecture -- Ch.12. Window tracery ; Renaissance mouldings ; Oriental mouldings -- Ch.13. Design of mouldings ; The ornamentation of mouldings ; Panel mouldings ; Mouldings with gradations of sections.

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