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The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio 2 volumes. Reproduction of original from the British Library.
Publication Date: 1791
Vignola: or, The Compleat Architect Reproduction of original from the British Library.
Publication Date: 1702
Regola Delli Cinque Ordini D'Architettvra Reproduction of original in Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Nationale bibliotheek van Nederland.
Publication Date: 1620
Andrea Palladio's Architecture, in four books containing a dissertation on the five orders & ye most necessary observations relating to all kinds of building Reproduction of original from the British Library.
Publication Date: 1736
The Antiquities of Constantinople. With a description of its situation, the conveniencies of its port, its publick buildings, the Statuary, Sculpture, Architecture, and other Curiosities of that City.
Publication Date: 1729
Les Edifices Antiques de Rome Hunt Library location: OVRSZQ-4
Call Number: NA311 .D4 1969
Antiquities of Athens Hunt Library location: OVRSZQ-4 Originally published in four volumes that appeared between 1762 and 1818.
Call Number: NA280 .S9 2008
The Grammar of Ornament: a Visual Reference of Form and Colour in Architecture and the Decorative Arts
Publication Date: 2016

Plaster Cast Collections

Read about the plaster cast collection at the Carnegie Museum of Art.

Carnegie Museum of Art: Hall of Architecture
Carnegie Museum of Art: Hall of Sculpture
Giovannini, Joseph. “Old Masters in Plaster.” Architect 96:13 (November 2007), 66-71.

Read about other plaster cast collections.

Born, Pamela. "The Canon Is Cast: Plaster Casts in American Museum and University Collections." Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America 21:2 (Fall 2002), 8-13.

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Subjects: Architecture