"Classic Style" is a glorious celebration of the profound effect of Greek and Roman art and architecture on subsequent centuries and civilizations throughout the world. Studied and evoked by great architects and designers, from Palladio in sixteenth-century Italy to Michael Graves in twentieth-century America, its effect on architecture and interior design is uniquely enduring and pervasive.Magnificent specially commissioned photographs capture the elegance of beautifully restored period interiors as well as imaginative and tasteful modern adaptations in homes throughout Europe and America. Extraordinary examples of classic style embodied in a house along the Hudson River, a Normandy cha teau, and apartments in Paris, New York and London rival each other for beauty and splendor. Featuring the work of such leading architects and interior designers as Michael Graves, Fre de ric Me chiche, and Sills and Huniford, "Classic Style" offers a multitude of inspiring ideas in color and fabrics wall and window treatments, moldings and woodwork, furniture arrangement, accessories and ornamentation -- even fireplaces and stairs. The informative and carefully researched text reveals the importance of details and the key elements of the style -- from features like columns to motifs such as wreaths and palmettes -- and explains how readers can incorporate them in their own homes.
- ISBN10 0684849976
- ISBN13 9780684849973
- Publish Date 2 November 1998
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 22 December 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Simon & Schuster
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Language English