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The Story of Architecture Jonathan Glancey

The Story of Architecture By Jonathan Glancey

The Story of Architecture by Jonathan Glancey

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The author conducts an inspiring journey through 5,000 years of magnificent buildings, from ancient Sumeria to the spectacular glass-and-steel towers of today's cityscapes. This title presents a collection of full-colour photographs, artworks, and plans that creates a story of architecture.

The Story of Architecture Summary

The Story of Architecture by Jonathan Glancey

Jonathan Glancey conducts an inspiring journey through 5,000 years of magnificent buildings, from ancient Sumeria to the spectacular glass-and-steel towers of today's cityscapes. An unprecedented collection of full-colour photographs, artworks, and plans creates a memorable story of architecture.

About Jonathan Glancey

Jonathan Glancey lives in London and is Architecture and Design Editor of The Guardian, author of several architecture books and a regular TV and radio broadcaster who has written and presented programmes for the BBC and Channel 4. He has been assistant editor of the Architectural Review, editor of The Architect, and has contributed to a number of architectural and design magazines in Europe and the US.

Table of Contents

In the beginning: the growth of cities; Ancient Egypt; early Africa. The classical world: Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome. From darkness to light: Byzantine architecture; monasteries; Romanesque; Islam; North Africa. Gothic: the gothic world; castles; late gothic. The Renaissance: Renaissance Italy; High Renaissance; Andrea Polladio; Italian Baroque; Baroque beyond Italy; absolutism; Rococo; low countries. The Americas: Ancient Mesoamerica; colonial America. China and Japan: classical China; Japan. Asia: India; Southeast Asia. Neo-classical: Neo-classical; the classical landscape; American classical; the French Revolution; Greek revival; Karl Friedrich Schinkel; imperial Russia. The industrial society: industrial revolution; railways; industrial cities; Augustus Pugin; gothic revival; monumental decadence; free style; morality and architecture. The machine age: machines for working in; reach for the sky; Frank Lloyd Wright; Arts & Crafts; Art Nouveau and secession; Antoni Gaudi. Brave new world: revolutionary Russia; the Bauhaus; mass European housing; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; Fascist architecture; Le Corbusier; mid-century modern; modernism and freedom; new cities; Oscar Niemeyer; brutalism. Every which way: corporatism; postmodernism; extremes; high-tech; architects' engineering; Japanese metabolists; the classical revival. Futures: organic architecture; re-use of buildings; deconstructivism; the computer; enjoyable cities.

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GOR001815414
9780751348811
0751348813
The Story of Architecture by Jonathan Glancey
Jonathan Glancey
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Dorling Kindersley Ltd
20030306
240
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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