The story of architecture /
Nuttgens, Patrick
The story of architecture / Patrick Nuttgens. - Second edition. - 351 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-324) and index.
Preface -- Some Basic Facts about Architecture: Vernacular Architecture -- Barbaric Splendour: The First Civilizations -- The Geometry of Immortality: Ancient Egypt -- Holy Mountain and Sacred Womb: The Asian Sub-Continent -- Puzzles and Modules: China and Japan -- Ritual of Blood: Meso-America -- The Landscape of the Gods: Ancient Greece -- The Authority of Competence: Ancient Rome -- The Worshipping Community: Early Christian and Byzantine -- The Order and the Sanctuary: Romanesque -- The Flowering of the Desert: Islam -- The Metaphysics of Light: Medieval and Gothic -- The Scale of Human Perfection: The Renaissance in Italy -- Crossing the Alps: The Spread of the Renaissance -- The Drama of Shapes and Space: Baroque and Rococo -- The Prophets of Elegance: Romantic Classicism -- From Pioneers to Establishment: The Americas and Beyond -- The Triumph of the Iron Masters: The Search for a Style -- A New Vision: The Turn of the Century -- Designing for a New Society: The International Style -- The Architecture of Pluralism: The End of Certainty -- Epilogue -- Maps -- Chronological Charts -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Biographies of Architects -- Index -- Acknowledgements. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
An overview of world architecture from early civilizations to late 20th century pluralism.
0714836168 9780714836164 071483615X 9780714836157
00268368
Architecture--History
NA200 / .N8 1997
720.9
The story of architecture / Patrick Nuttgens. - Second edition. - 351 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-324) and index.
Preface -- Some Basic Facts about Architecture: Vernacular Architecture -- Barbaric Splendour: The First Civilizations -- The Geometry of Immortality: Ancient Egypt -- Holy Mountain and Sacred Womb: The Asian Sub-Continent -- Puzzles and Modules: China and Japan -- Ritual of Blood: Meso-America -- The Landscape of the Gods: Ancient Greece -- The Authority of Competence: Ancient Rome -- The Worshipping Community: Early Christian and Byzantine -- The Order and the Sanctuary: Romanesque -- The Flowering of the Desert: Islam -- The Metaphysics of Light: Medieval and Gothic -- The Scale of Human Perfection: The Renaissance in Italy -- Crossing the Alps: The Spread of the Renaissance -- The Drama of Shapes and Space: Baroque and Rococo -- The Prophets of Elegance: Romantic Classicism -- From Pioneers to Establishment: The Americas and Beyond -- The Triumph of the Iron Masters: The Search for a Style -- A New Vision: The Turn of the Century -- Designing for a New Society: The International Style -- The Architecture of Pluralism: The End of Certainty -- Epilogue -- Maps -- Chronological Charts -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Biographies of Architects -- Index -- Acknowledgements. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
An overview of world architecture from early civilizations to late 20th century pluralism.
0714836168 9780714836164 071483615X 9780714836157
00268368
Architecture--History
NA200 / .N8 1997
720.9