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Architecture : from prehistory to postmodernity / Marvin Trachtenberg, Isabelle Hyman.
Fine Arts Library - Core Reading Collection NA200 .T7 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trachtenberg, Marvin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--History.
- Architecture.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 624 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2002.
- Summary:
- This highly regarded, exceptionally well-written book brings to life the entire sweep of architectural history, and its greatest buildings, from the prehistoric era to the present. For over 15 years readers have relied on this incomparable work for its lucidity, originality, splendid illustrations, and nuanced interpretation of architecture. Now in its Second Edition, the top-selling history of architecture is better than ever with an updated introduction, new insights based on recent research, improved illustrations including eight additional pages in color, and above all a new chapter -- on the most significant and controversial works of contemporary architecture from 1980 to 2000 -- that proposes challenges for the future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-601) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0130918415
- 0810906074
- OCLC:
- 46359817
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