A history of Western architecture / David Watkin.

Author/creator Watkin, David
Format Book
Edition5th ed.
Publication InfoLondon, Great Britain : Laurence King Pub., 2011.
Description720 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects
Architecture--History.

Contents Mesopotamia and Egypt -- The classical foundation : Greek, Hellenistic, Roman -- Early Christian and Byzantine -- Carolingian and Romanesque -- The Gothic experiment -- Renaissance harmony -- Baroque expansion -- Eighteenth-century classicism -- The nineteenth-century -- Art nouveau -- The twentieth century -- The twenty-first century.
Abstract In his 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. The author emphasizes the ongoing vitality of the Classical language of architecture, underlining the continuity between, say, the work of Ictinus in fifth-century BC Athens and that of McKim, Mead and White in twentieth-century New York. Authoritative, comprehensive and highly illustrated, this fifth edition has been expanded to bring the story of western architecture right up to date and includes a separate final chapter on twenty-first century developments.
General notePrevious ed.: 2005.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 704-708) and index.
ISBN9781856697903 (pbk.) :
ISBN1856697908 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks NA200 .W412 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold