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The Classical Language of Architecture

Author	John Summerson
Subject	Architecture
Publication date	1965
ISBN	0500201773

The Classical Language of Architecture is a 1965 compilation of six BBC radio lectures given in 1963 by John Summerson.^[1] It is a 60-some page discussion of the origins of classical architecture and its movement through Antiquity, Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque, Neoclassical, and Georgian periods. A discussion of the rules and elements in classical terms of the Orders, architectural harmony of design, are included. For the original radio broadcasts the BBC published a booklet with 60 photographs of the buildings discussed, which were expanded in the book editions.^[1]

The metaphor of using "language" to refer to particular design patterns follows a trend in aesthetics.^[2]

• McParland, Edward (2024). The Language of Architectural Classicism: From Looking to Seeing. London: Lund Humphries. ISBN 978-1-84822-659-3.

• The Classical Language of Architecture at the Internet Archive

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