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| author = [[John Summerson]]<br />
| pub_date = 1965<br />
| subject = Architecture<br />
| isbn = 0500201773<br />
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{{Short description|1965 book of lectures by John Summerson}}<br />
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'''''The Classical Language of Architecture''''' is a 1965 compilation of six BBC radio lectures given in 1963 by Sir [[John Summerson]].<ref name=":0">Summerson, 6</ref> It is a 60-some page discussion of the origins of [[classical architecture]] and its movement through [[classical antiquity|Antiquity]], [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]], [[Mannerist]], [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]], [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]], and [[Georgian architecture|Georgian]] periods. A discussion of the rules and elements in classical terms of the [[classical orders|Orders]], architectural harmony of design, are included. In 2017 it remains in print in several countries, in illustrated editions of about 144 pages,<ref>Summerson, 144</ref> with 119 illustrations, plus small diagrams. For the original radio broadcasts the BBC published a booklet with 60 photographs of the buildings discussed (or plans etc.), which were expanded in the book editions.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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*Summerson, John. ''The Classical Language of Architecture.'' in UK now [[Thames and Hudson]] ''[[World of Art]]'' series (1980), etc. In US Boston: MIT Press, 1965, and other editions.<br />
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*[[John Summerson|Summerson, John]], ''The Classical Language of Architecture'', 1980 edition, [[Thames and Hudson]] ''World of Art'' series, {{ISBN|0500201773}}<br />
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