John R. Senseney is Assistant Professor of Ancient History in the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research has ranged from ancient methods of surveying and planning to Plato and book culture, with publications appearing in Hesperia, Sacred Landscapes in Anatolia and Neighboring Regions, the International Journal of the Classical Tradition, and the American Journal of Archaeology.
Introduction: challenges of analysis and interpretation
1. The ideas of architecture
2. Vision and spatial representation
3. The genesis of scale drawing and linear perspective
4. Architectural vision
Excursus: envisioning cosmic mechanism in Plato and Vitruvius
Appendix A: analysis of the dimensions of the blueprint for entasis at Didyma
Appendix B: analysis of the hypothetical working drawing for platform curvature at Segesta
Appendix C: analysis of the hypothetical working drawing for platform curvature in the Parthenon.
