Architecture / Jonathan Glancey.
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TextSeries: Eyewitness companionsPublication details: London ; New York : DK, c2006Edition: 1st American edDescription: 512 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 0756617324 (flexi binding with flaps)Subject(s): Architecture -- HistoryDDC classification: 720.9 LOC classification: NA200 | .G527 2006
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.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 720.9/ARCHITECTURE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844400099376 |
Previously published as: Story of architecture.
Includes index.
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.
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