Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, and MeaningÊA comprehensive yet accessible introduction to the elements and historical styles of architectural design, thoroughly illustrated with photos and plan drawings of many of the world's greatest buildings |
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Understanding architecture: its elements, history, and meaning
Avis d'utilisateur - Not Available - Book VerdictThis lively survey by the author of A Concise History of Architecture ( LJ 7/79) examines architecture as a cultural phenomenon as well as an artistic and technological achievement. Roth (architecture ... Consulter l'avis complet
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Table des matières
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| 33 | |
Seeing Architecture | 69 |
Architecture and Sound | 103 |
Part of the Natural Environment | 117 |
Ancient Architecture in the Americas | 409 |
Baroque and Rococo Architecture | 415 |
Chinese Architecture | 455 |
17 | 463 |
Japanese Architecture | 497 |
The Nineteenth Century | 505 |
African Architecture | 549 |
Versions of Modern Architecture 19141970 557 An Architecture of Its Own Time | 557 |
Chronology | 153 |
The History and Meaning of Architecture | 163 |
The Architecture of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt | 187 |
Greek Architecture | 219 |
Roman Architecture | 249 |
Indian Architecture | 275 |
Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture | 283 |
Islamic Architecture | 307 |
14 | 315 |
Renaissance Architecture | 365 |
Suggested Readings 689 | 669 |
Notes | 685 |
Glossary | 711 |
Index | 725 |
187 | 730 |
365 | 731 |
249 | 733 |
283 | 740 |
455 | 743 |
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Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, and Meaning Leland M. Roth Affichage d'extraits - 1993 |
Understanding Architecture: Its Elements, History, and Meaning Leland M. Roth Affichage d'extraits - 1993 |
Understanding architecture: its elements, history, and meaning Leland M. Roth Affichage d'extraits - 1993 |
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