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Nuttgens, Patrick.

The story of architecture / Patrick Nuttgens.

2nd ed.

London : Phaidon Press, 1997 (1999 printing)

351 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

A concise and well illustrated history of world architecture, this serves as an ideal introduction for anyone wanting to understand the world's architectural heritage, from the earliest cities of the Middle East to the latest developments.

Architecture -- History.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-324) and index.

Preface -- Some Basic Facts about Architecture: Vernacular Architecture -- Barbaric Splendour: The First Civilizations -- The Geometry of Immortality: Ancient Egypt -- Holy Mountain and Sacred Womb: The Asian Sub-Continent -- Puzzles and Modules: China and Japan -- Ritual of Blood: Meso-America -- The Landscape of the Gods: Ancient Greece -- The Authority of Competence: Ancient Rome -- The Worshipping Community: Early Christian and Byzantine -- The Order and the Sanctuary: Romanesque -- The Flowering of the Desert: Islam -- The Metaphysics of Light: Medieval and Gothic -- The Scale of Human Perfection: The Renaissance in Italy -- Crossing the Alps: The Spread of the Renaissance -- The Drama of Shapes and Space: Baroque and Rococo -- The Prophets of Elegance: Romantic Classicism -- From Pioneers to Establishment: The Americas and Beyond -- The Triumph of the Iron Masters: The Search for a Style -- A New Vision: The Turn of the Century -- Designing for a New Society: The International Style -- The Architecture of Pluralism: The End of Certainty -- Epilogue -- Maps -- Chronological Charts -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Biographies of Architects -- Index -- Acknowledgements.

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