ABC of Architecture - Brossura

O'Gorman, James F.; McGrath, Dennis E.

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ISBN 10: 0812216318 ISBN 13: 9780812216318

Casa editrice: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, 1997

Riassunto

ABC of Architecture is an accessible, nontechnical introduction to architectural structure, history, and criticism. Author James F. O'Gormon moves seamlessly from a discussion of the most basic inspiration for architecture (the need for shelter from the elements), to an exploration of space, system, and material, and, finally, to an examination of the language and history of architecture. He shows the nonspecialist how to read a design in plans, sections, and elevations, and how architects, like other artists, make creative use of space and light.

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L'autore:

James F. O'Gorman is Grace Slack McNeil Professor of the History of American Art at Wellesley College and author of more than a dozen books on architecture and art history, including Connecticut Valley Vernacular: The Vanishing Landscape and Architecture of the New England Tobacco Fields, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0812216318
• ISBN 13: 9780812216318
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 127
• Disegnatore: McGrath Dennis E.