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Architectural details : a visual guide to 5000 years of building styles / Emily Cole, general editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Architecture--Details--History.
- Architecture.
- Architecture--Details.
- Architecture--History.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Visual guide to five thousand years of building styles
- Place of Publication:
- Lewes, East Sussex : Ivy Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- Do you know a Doric column when you see one? Of course. But what about an entablature, a hypostyle, a pylon, or a pagoda? This book renders accessible, to students and non-students alike, the vast range of architectural terminology used to describe buildings. The chronological arrangement of the book allows the reader to place elements, forms, techniques and styles firmly within their context.0Beautifully engraved plates of great works of architectural history accompany the text to illustrate the architecture of civilisations from around the world and throughout history, from Ancient Egypt to the Industrial Revolution.
- Contents:
- Architectural Styles 10
- Ancient Egypt 12
- Babylon, Assyria, Persia 28
- Early and Classical India 40
- Early and Dynastic China 54
- Classical Japan 66
- Pre-Columbian 76
- Preclassical 86
- Ancient Greece 94
- Ancient Rome 122
- Early Christian and Byzantine 148
- Islamic 166
- Romanesque 184
- Gothic 200
- Renaissance 228
- Baroque and Rococo 256
- Palladianism 272
- Neoclassical 284
- Picturesque 304
- Elements of Architecture 310
- Domes 312
- Columns 314
- Towers 316
- Arches and Arcades 318
- Doorways 320
- Windows 322
- Pediments and Gables 324
- Roofs 326
- Vaulting 328
- Stairways 330.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9781782401698
- 1782401695
- OCLC:
- 883464853
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