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Understanding architecture : its elements, history, and meaning
- Title
- Understanding architecture : its elements, history, and meaning / Leland M. Roth.
- Author
- Roth, Leland M.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Icon Editions, ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | NA2500 .R68 1992 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxxi, 542 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
- Summary
- Introduces the structure, function, history, and meaning of western architecture from prehistory to modern times, with a chronology table, glossary, and index.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Architecture, the unavoidable art -- Part one: The elements of architecture. "Commoditie" : how does the building function? ; "Firmeness" : how does the building stand up? ; "Delight" : space in architecture ; "Delight" : seeing architecture ; "Delight" : architectural acoustics, shape, and sound ; The architect : from high priest to professional ; Architecture as part of the environment ; Architecture, memory, and economics -- Part two: The history and meaning of architecture. The invention of architecture : from caves to cities ; Egyptian architecture ; Greek architecture ; Roman architecture ; Early Christian and Byzantine architecture ; Early medieval architecture ; Gothic architecture ; Renaissance and Mannerist architecture ; Baroque and Rococo architecture ; Architecture in the Age of Enlightenment, 1720-1800 ; Architecture in the nineteenth century ; Early-twentieth-century architecture : the perfection of utility ; Late-twentieth-century architecture : a question of meaning.
- ISBN
- 0064384934
- 9780064384933
- 0064301583
- 9780064301589
- LCCN
- 88045540
- OCLC
- ocm25632150
- 25632150
- SCSB-1974985
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library