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Glancey, Jonathan.
Story of architecture.
Architecture /
Jonathan Glancey ; with contributions by Thomas Cussans.
1st American ed.
London :
DK Pub.,
2006.
512 p. :
col. ill. ;
23 cm.
Eyewitness companions
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.
A visual guide to architecture, looking at the key elements, decorative features, materials, design, style, and construction of buildings around the world, covering five thousand years of history.
Adult
Follett Library Resources.
20070619.
Architecture
History.
Eyewitness companions.