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Architecture : the natural and the manmade / Vincent Scully.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NA2520 .S37 1991
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scully, Vincent, Jr., 1920-2017.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture.
- Nature (Aesthetics).
- Architecture, Greek.
- Architecture, Gothic.
- Gardens, French.
- Local Subjects:
- Architecture, Greek.
- Architecture, Gothic.
- Gardens, French.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 388 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1991.
- Contents:
- America: the sacred mountain
- The sacred mountain in Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Aegean
- The Greek temple
- Olympia and the Acropolis of Athens
- Hellenistic and Roman: the ideal world of interior space
- The Gothic cathedral: structure
- The Gothic cathedral: experience
- Italian urbanism: the town and the garden
- The French classic garden: the art of portraiture
- The shape of France: gardens, fortifications, and modern urbanism
- Palladio, the English garden, and the modern age.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Guy Garrison.
- ISBN:
- 0312062923 :
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