A History of Western Architecture - Brossura

Watkin, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1780675976 ISBN 13: 9781780675978

Casa editrice: Laurence King Pub, 2015

Riassunto

In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the eclectic styles of the twenty-first century

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Informazioni sull?autore

David Watkin is Emeritus Professor of the History of Architecture at the University of Cambridge and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. His many books include Sir John Soane: Enlightenment Thought and the Royal Academy Lectures (1996), Morality and Architecture Revisited (2001) and The Roman Forum (2009).

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Traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the eclectic styles of the twenty-first century. This book emphasizes the ongoing vitality of the Classical language of architecture, underlining the continuity between the work of Ictinus in fifth-century BC Athens and that of McKim, Mead and more.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Laurence King Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1780675976
• ISBN 13: 9781780675978
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 736
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile