Architectural Vocabulary – Scientific Analysis Vol. 2

Description

Collective work (Ministry of Cultural Affairs). Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, 1972. Volume 1: 234 pages; Volume 2: non-paginated illustrations (approximately 350 pages). Format: 22×30.5 cm. General inventory of monuments and artistic heritage of France, published under the National Commission for the establishment of the general inventory of French monuments and artistic riches. Contents: I. Vocabulary common to all buildings (general vocabulary, divisions, stone and earth construction, wood and iron construction); II. Vocabulary of building components (foundations, floors, walls, guardrails, fences, bays, supports, coverings, architectural decoration); III. Vocabulary specific to particular buildings (town planning, religious and monastic architecture, commemorative and funerary architecture, public and private architecture, military architecture, civil engineering, garden and water architecture). Includes alphabetical index. Excellent condition.