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The story of architecture / Patrick Nuttgens.

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

Preface -- 1. Some Basic Facts about Architecture: Vernacular Architecture -- 2. Barbaric Splendour: The First Civilizations -- 3. The Geometry of Immortality: Ancient Egypt -- 4. Holy Mountain and Sacred Womb: The Asian Sub-Continent -- 5. Puzzles and Modules: China and Japan -- 6. Ritual of Blood: Meso-America -- 7. The Landscape of the Gods: Ancient Greece -- 8. The Authority of Competence: Ancient Rome -- 9. The Worshipping Community: Early Christian and Byzantine -- 10. The Order and the Sanctuary: Romanesque -- 11. The Flowering of the Desert: Islam -- 12. The Metaphysics of Light: Medieval and Gothic -- 13. The Scale of Human Perfection: The Renaissance in Italy -- 14. Crossing the Alps: The Spread of the Renaissance -- 15. The Drama of Shapes and Space: Baroque and Rococo -- 16. The Prophets of Elegance: Romantic Classicism -- 17. From Pioneers to Establishment: The Americas and Beyond -- 18. The Triumph of the Iron Masters: The Search for a Style -- 19. A New Vision: The Turn of the Century -- 20. Designing for a New Society: The International Style -- 21. The Architecture of Pluralism: The End of Certainty -- Epilogue -- Maps -- Chronological Charts -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Biographies of Architects -- Index -- Acknowledgements.

An overview of world architecture from early civilizations to late 20th century pluralism.

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