The Dancing Column

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The Dancing Column is written by Joseph Rykwert and published by MIT Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0262681013 (ISBN 10) and 9780262681018 (ISBN 13).

Joseph Rykwert is one of the major architectural historians of this century. THE DANCING COLUMN is his most controversial and challenging work to date. A decade in preparation, it is a deeply erudite, clearly written, and wide-ranging deconstruction of the system of column and beam known as the "orders of architecture". Rykwert traces the analogy between columns and/or buildings and the human body. 315 illustrations.