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A world history of architecture / Marian Moffett, Michael Fazio, Lawrence Wodehouse.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill, [2003]Copyright date: c2003Description: xvi, 592 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0071417516
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.9 22 M.M.W
Online resources:
Contents:
Beginnings of architecture -- Greek world -- Architecture of ancient India and Southeast Asia -- Traditional architecture of China and Japan -- Roman world -- Early Christian and Byzantine architecture -- Islamic architecture -- Early medieval and Romanesque architecture -- Gothic architecture -- Indigenous architecture in the pre-Columbian Americas -- Renaissance architecture -- Baroque architecture -- Eighteenth century -- Nineteenth-century developments -- Twentieth century and modernism -- Modernisms in the mid- and late twentieth century -- Glossary.
Summary: Here is a fascinating account of architecture throughout the modern world--with examples from prehistoric to modern times. Coverage includes Western architecture as well as that of Pre-Columbian, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Southeast Asian. The author includes a worldwide survey of important monuments, residences, government buildings, and religious structures, complete with photos, plans, and scales, including: * The Parthenon * Cheops Pyramid * Pantheon * Hadrian's Wall * Versailles * Monticello * The Brooklyn Bridge * Boston Public Library * Rockefeller Center * Fallingwater * The High Museum
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beginnings of architecture --
Greek world --
Architecture of ancient India and Southeast Asia --
Traditional architecture of China and Japan --
Roman world --
Early Christian and Byzantine architecture --
Islamic architecture --
Early medieval and Romanesque architecture --
Gothic architecture --
Indigenous architecture in the pre-Columbian Americas --
Renaissance architecture --
Baroque architecture --
Eighteenth century --
Nineteenth-century developments --
Twentieth century and modernism --
Modernisms in the mid- and late twentieth century --
Glossary.

Here is a fascinating account of architecture throughout the modern world--with examples from prehistoric to modern times. Coverage includes Western architecture as well as that of Pre-Columbian, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Southeast Asian.
The author includes a worldwide survey of important monuments, residences, government buildings, and religious structures, complete with photos, plans, and scales, including:

* The Parthenon
* Cheops Pyramid
* Pantheon
* Hadrian's Wall
* Versailles
* Monticello
* The Brooklyn Bridge
* Boston Public Library
* Rockefeller Center
* Fallingwater
* The High Museum

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