The story of architecture / Patrick Nuttgens.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Phaidon Press, 1997Edition: Second editionDescription: 351 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0714836168
- 9780714836164
- 071483615X
- 9780714836157
- 720.9 21
- NA200 .N8 1997
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 720.9 NUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A145011B |
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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