Architecture: A Very Short Introduction
Andrew Ballantyne
This highly original and sophisticated look at architecture helps us to understand the cultural significance of the buildings that surround us. It avoids the traditional style-spotting approach in favour of giving an idea of what it is about buildings that moves us, and what it is that makes them important artistically and culturally.
The book begins by looking at how architecture acquires meaning through tradition, and concludes with the exoticism of the recent avant-garde period. Illustrations of particular buildings help to anchor the general points with specific examples, from ancient Egypt to the present day.
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Année:
2002
Editeur::
Oxford Paperbacks
Pages:
144
ISBN 10:
0192801791
ISBN 13:
9780192801791
Collection:
A Very Short Introduction
Fichier:
MOBI , 1.11 MB
IPFS:
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2002