A history of Western architecture
Häftad bok. Laurence King Publishing. 6th uppl. 2015. 736 sidor.
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Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9781780675978
- Titel
- A history of Western architecture
- Författare
- Watkin, David
- Utgivningsår
- 2019
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the eclectic styles of the twenty-first century. The author emphasizes that "traditional architecture has re-established itself as a solution to the many problems presented by new needs and new materials ... the classical language of architecture is always modern. ... This new edition covers.. [structures] in [other areas of the world] as products of globalization, the attention paid to sustainability, energy; recycling elements of buildings; the passion for astonishing height but also architecture on a human scale, and urban planning [issues].
Includes bibliographical references (pages 720-724) and index.
Mesopotamia and Egypt -- The classical foundation : Greek, Hellenistic, Roman -- Early Christian and Byzantine -- Carolingian and Romanesque -- The Gothic experiment -- Renaissance harmony -- Baroque expansion -- Eighteenth-century classicism -- The nineteenth-century -- Art nouveau -- The twentieth century -- The twenty-first century.
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