TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nuttgens,Patrick
TI  - The story of architecture
SN  - 0714836168
AV  - NA200 .N8 1997
U1  - 720.9 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - London
PB  - Phaidon Press
KW  - Architecture
KW  - History
N1  - 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
N2  - An overview of world architecture from early civilizations to late 20th century pluralism
ER  -