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A World History of Architecture
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Product Description
Takes on Banister Fletcher on his own ground and beats him hollow with a combination of lucid, well informed text and pictures ... the images make browsing a pleasure ... if I were teaching a survey course of architectural history, I would choose this as the course book Art Quarterly Updated and improved for the new edition, this is a core student text with course adoptions around the world. The book comprises both a detailed survey of Western architecture, including Pre-Columbian America, and an introduction to architecture from the Middle East, India, Russia, China, and Japan. The text encourages readers to examine the pragmatic, innovative, and aesthetic attributes of buildings. Artistic, economic, environmental, political, social and technological contexts are discussed.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #60094 in Books
- Published on: 2008-02-11
- Original language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- 608 pages
Editorial Reviews
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An excellent primer, this heavyweight volume takes full account of the non-Western traditions. --Sunday Times (Culture)
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A World History of Architecture gives a truly global coverage...the three essential attributes of architecture..are brilliantly explored in this book..
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There are any number of architectural survey texts..this recent offering from Laurence King Publishing is the most comprehensive and pleasing of them all..
