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Architecture: The Whole Story

Author/EditorJones, Denna (ed.) (Author)
ISBN: 9780500291481
Pub Date08/09/2014
BindingPaperback
Pages576
Dimensions (mm)245(h) * 175(w)
Drawing its examples from all around the globe, this title offers an account of the architects, plans, designs and constructions that over the centuries have most engaged our minds, inspired our imaginations and raised our spirits.
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From ancient and classical masterpieces to contemporary, cutting-edge buildings, architecture has defined our world throughout history. Drawing its examples from all around the globe, Architecture: The Whole Story is a richly illustrated and comprehensive account of the architects, plans, designs and constructions that over the centuries have most engaged our minds, inspired our imaginations and raised our spirits. For everyone who has ever wished for greater insight into the art of building design, Architecture: The Whole Story provides the analytical tools to appreciate to the fullest the variety of architectural achievement and the built environment in the world.

From ancient and classical masterpieces to contemporary, cutting-edge buildings, architecture has defined our world throughout history. Drawing its examples from all around the globe, Architecture: The Whole Story is a richly illustrated and comprehensive account of the architects, plans, designs and constructions that over the centuries have most engaged our minds, inspired our imaginations and raised our spirits. For everyone who has ever wished for greater insight into the art of building design, Architecture: The Whole Story provides the analytical tools to appreciate to the fullest the variety of architectural achievement and the built environment in the world.

Denna Jones, formerly deputy editor of Art & Architecture Journal, teaches on the MA Architecture course at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Introduction Chapter 1. Prehistoric architecture * Neolithic Chapter 2. Architecture in the ancient world Period * Egypt and Neo-Sumerian * Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia * Teotihuacans * Olmec, Toltec, Mayan * Inca * China * Japan * Minoan and Mycenean * Greek Archaic, Classical Greece and Hellenistic Greek * Etruscan and Ancient Rome * Early Christian and Byzantine * Islamic Chapter 3. Medieval architecture * Pre-Romanesque * Romanesque * Gothic Chapter 4. Renaissance, Mannerism, and Baroque * Renaissance and Mannerism * Baroque * Churrigueresque * Colonial Chapter 5. The Enlightenment * Georgian * Neoclassical, Greek revival * Gothic revival * Regency Chapter 6. Modern Architecture * Beaux-Arts * Art Nouveau * Art Deco * Modernism * Organic, Expressionist Modern, and Biomimeticism * Constructivism * International Style * Brutalism, Metabolism * Futurist, Utopian * Postmodernism * High-Tech Modernism * Deconstructivism * New Vernacularism and Ecoism

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