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Western Architecture A Survey from Ancient Greece to the Present

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ISBN-10: 0500203164

ISBN-13: 9780500203163

Edition: 1999

Authors: Ian Sutton

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This survey of the history of architecture in Europe and North America, from ancient Greece to the present, focuses on the technological achievements of architects, aesthetic considerations and historical architecture.
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Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 4/17/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.30" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.628

Ian Sutton is a chemical engineer with over thirty years of experience in the process industries. He has worked on the design and operation of chemical plants, offshore platforms, refineries, pipelines and mineral processing facilities. He has extensive experience in the development and implementation of process safety management and operational excellence programs.

Introduction
Prologue: Laying the Foundations - Greece and Rome
The Christian Legacy of Rome
Beginning Again: Carolingian and Romanesque
The Gothic Centuries
The Renaissance: Ancient Rome 'Reborn'
Baroque and Anti-Baroque
The Return of Classicism
'In What Style Shall We Build?'
After Style, Modernism
Epilogue: After Modernism, Style
Glossary
Further Reading
Acknowledgments and Illustration Credits
Index