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Architectural styles : a visual guide / Owen Hopkins

By: Hopkins, Owen [author]Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Great Britain : Laurence King Student & Professional, 2022Description: 240 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmISBN: 978-1-78067-163-5Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE -- HISTORY | DECORATION AND ORNAMENT, ARCHITECTURAL -- HISTORYLOC classification: NA 204 H67 2022

Contents:

Classical : Ancient Greek ; Ancient Roman -- Early Christian : Byzantine ; Romanesque -- Gothic and Medieval : Early Gothic ; High Gothic ; Late Gothic ; Venetian Gothic ; Secular Gothic ; Castle -- Renaissance and Mannerism : Early Renaissance ; High Renaissance ; Northern Renaissance ; Mannerism -- Baroque and Rococo : Italian Baroque ; German and Eastern European Baroque ; Spanish and Latin American Baroque ; French Baroque ; English Baroque ; Rococo -- Neoclassicism : Palladianism ; Classical Revival ; Greek Revival ; Empire Style ; Picturesque ; Sublime -- Eclecticism : Gothic Revival ; Orientalism ; Beaux-Arts ; Arts and Crafts ; Art Nouveau ; Art Deco -- Modernism : Chicago School ; Expressionism ; New Objectivity ; International Style ; Functionalism ; Constructivism ; Totalitarian Reactions ; Essentialism ; Brutalism ; Metabolism ; High-Tech -- After Modernism : Regionalism ; Postmodernism ; Deconstructivism ; Eco-architecture ; Expressive Rationalism ; Contextualism

Summary: Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Gothic and Gothic Revival, or how to distinguish between Baroque and Neoclassical? This guide makes extensive use of photographs to identify and explain the characteristic features of nearly 300 buildings. The result is a clear and easy-to-navigate guide to identifying the key styles of western architecture from the classical age to the present day. -- Back cover

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Gothic and Gothic Revival, or how to distinguish between Baroque and Neoclassical? This guide makes extensive use of photographs to identify and explain the characteristic features of nearly 300 buildings. The result is a clear and easy-to-navigate guide to identifying the key styles of western architecture from the classical age to the present day. -- Back cover

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