A history of western architecture
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A history of western architecture
Laurence King, 1996
2nd ed
- : pbk
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Previous ed.: London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1986
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Surveying Western architecture from its classical origins, the author aims to show architectural history as a living continuity rather than a museum of neatly labelled styles. The validity of the classical language of architecture as the connecting thread of the Western tradition is emphasized. This edition of the study includes a section entititled "Architecture for the Millennium" which discusses both hi-tech architecture, such as that by Foster and also Rogers with hybrid, postmodernist expressions such as the National Theatre in Barcelona by Ricardo Bofill. The need for architectural scholarship to respond to a continuing historical legacy is discussed in the preface.
Table of Contents
- The classical foundation: Greek, Hellenistic, Roman
- early Christian and Byzantine
- Carolingian and Romanesque
- the Gothic experiment
- Renaissance harmony
- Baroque expansion
- 18th century classicism
- the 19th century
- art noveau
- the 20th century.
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