Architecture : a visual history / Jonathan Glancey.
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TextPublication details: Great Britain : Dorling Kindersly Limited, c2021Description: 416 pages : colored illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: 978-0-2415-1490-0Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE | ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING | HISTORY | ARCHITECTURE HISTORYLOC classification: NA 200 G53 2021| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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NU Fairview College LRC | NU Fairview College LRC | School of Architecture | General Circulation | GC NA 200 G53 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | NUFAI000005453 |
"Content previously published in 2006 as Eyewitness Companions: Architecture" -- Colophon
Includes index
Includes glossary and index.
Intrioduction. -- From village to city (Ancient Near East ; Ancient Egypt). -- The Americas (Central and North America ; South America). -- The classical world (Ancient Greece ; Roman architecture ; Early Christian and Byzantine architecture). -- India and southeast Asia (Indian architecture ; Southeast Asia). -- East Asia (China ; Japan and Korea). -- The Islamic world (The first mosques ; Persia and Mughal India). -- Medieval Europe (Romanesque ; Gothic). -- The Renaissance (Italian renaissance ; Renaissance beyond Italy). -- Baroque and Rococo (Baroque ; Rococo). -- Classical revival (Neo-Classicism ; Neo-Classicism in the USA). -- The industrial world (The Machine Age ; Gothic revival ; Nostalgia and whimsy). -- The modern world (Modernism ; Traditionalism ; Contemporary architecture). -- Glossary. --
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