Understanding Architecture

ISBN-13: 9781912217236 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 168 str.

UK) Melvin Jeremy (South Bank University

Opis

This is an easy to use guide to a wide range of architectural styles, from classical times through to the post-modern era. For each style there is a definition, an introduction to the topic, a list of key architects, keywords, and key works as well as suggestions of other styles you might be interested in. ISMs: Understanding Architecture is a must for anyone interested in architecture and wanting to know more - whether they be sightseers, visitors to historic buildings or more knowledgeable connoisseurs.

Recenzje

From Shintoism to imperialism, this book examines and explains the world's great structures. Wanderlust

Spis treści

IntroductionHow to Use this BookAncient and Pre-RenaissancePre-ClassicismIndismProto-ClassicismHellenic ClassicismConfucianismRoman ClassicismPre-ColumbianismShintoismChristian ClassicismIslamicismIndo-KhmerismGothic ScholasticismGothic CommercialismRenaissanceInventionismHumanismIdealismMannerismPietismRegional ClassicismBaroqueAbsolutismAnglican EmpiricismRococoPalladianismGeorgian UrbanismEarly ModernNeoclassicismExoticismSublimismStructural RationalismMaterialismMedievalismVictorianismMonumental UrbanismAnti-UrbanismDecorative IndustrialismImperialismModernismExpressionismUsonianismConstructivismPurismRationalismFunctionalismSkyscraperismTotalitarianismCorporatismBrutalismBeyond ModernismStructuralismRegionalismMetabolismPostmodernismTechnoismNeo-RationalismDeconstructivismEcoismMetarationalismPerformatismOrnamentalismGiganticismBioclimatismGlossary of BuildingsGlossary of ArchitectsGlossary of Useful TermsChronology of IsmsPlaces to VisitCredits

O autorze

Jeremy Melvin is senior lecturer in the History of Architecture at South Bank University, and guest lecturer at the University of Cambridge, Architectural Association, ETH Zurich and other schools. He has also written a number of books on the subject of architecture.