Understanding architecture : its elements, history and meaning
著者
書誌事項
Understanding architecture : its elements, history and meaning
Herbert Press, 1994
- pbk
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This survey of western architecture is divided into two parts. The first deals with the basic properties of architecture, examining a building's structure, aesthetic appeal and place in the environment. The second is a chronological survey of western architectural development against a social, cultural and economic background, from prehistoric times to the present.
目次
- Part 1: 1. "Commoditie" - how does the building function?
- 2. "Firmeness" - how does the building stand up?
- 3. "Delight" - space in architecture
- 4. "Delight" - seeing architecture
- 5. "Delight" - architectural acoustics, shape and sound
- 6. the architect
- 7. architecture as part of the environment
- 8. architecture, memory and economics. Part 2: 9. the invention of architecture - from caves to cities
- 10. Egyptian architecture
- 11. Greek architecture
- 12. Roman architecture
- 13. early Christian and byzantine architecture
- 14. early medieval architecture
- 15. gothic architecture
- 16. renaissance and mannerist architecture
- 17. baroque and rococo architecture
- 18. architecture in the age of enlightenment, 1720-1800
- 19. architecture in the 19th century
- 20. early 20th-century architecture
- 21. late 20th-century architecture.
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