Architecture / Jonathan Glancey
2006, First Edition. London : Dorling Kindersley. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #456848
ISBN: 1405310294
Series; Eyewitness companions. Physical description; 512 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes index. Contents; Introducing architecture. What is architecture? -- The building blocks of architecture -- From village to city. Ancient Middle East -- Ancient Egypt -- The Americas. Central & North America -- South America -- The classical world. Ancient Greece -- Roman architecture -- Early Christian & Byzantine architecture -- India & Southeast Asia. Indian architecture -- Southeast Asia -- East Asia. China -- Japan & Korea -- The Islamic world. The first mosques -- Persia & Mughal India -- Medieval Europe. Romanesque -- Gothic -- The Renaissance. Italian Renaissance -- Renaissance beyond Italy -- Baroque & Rococo. Baroque -- Rococo -- Classical revival. Neo-classicism -- Neo-classicism in the United States -- The industrial world. The machine age -- Gothic revival -- Nostalgia & whimsy -- The modern world. Modernism -- Traditionalism -- The contemporary world. Subjects; Architecture - History, Architecture - Pictorial works.
Price: €10.95