A history of Western architecture / David Watkin.
| Author/creator |
Watkin, David, 1941-2018 |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Edition | 5th ed. |
| Publication Info | London, Great Britain : Laurence King Pub., 2011. |
| Description | 720 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| 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 note | Previous ed.: 2005. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 704-708) and index. |
| ISBN | 9781856697903 (pbk.) : |
| ISBN | 1856697908 (pbk.) |
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