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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Prehistory to Early Civilizations | |
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| Prehistoric Interiors | |
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| Archeological Evidence | |
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| The First Shelters | |
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| Dolmens and Barrows | |
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| Evidence from Tribal Cultures | |
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| Pattern and Design | |
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| The First Permanent Settlements | |
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| Mesopotamia: Sumeria | |
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| Ancient Egypt | |
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| Geometry and Proportion | |
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| Egyptian Temples and Houses | |
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| Egyptian Furniture and Other Interior Furnishings | |
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| Pre-Columbian America | |
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| Classical Civilizations: Greece and Rome | |
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| Minoan and Mycenaean Cultures | |
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| Knossos | |
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| Mycenae and Tiryns | |
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| Greece | |
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| The Temple | |
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| Secular Interiors | |
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| Insights: The Growth Of Athens | |
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| Rome | |
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| Arches, Vaults, and Domes | |
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| Amphitheaters and Baths | |
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| Temples | |
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| Secular Buildings | |
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| Insights: The Cost Of Living In Ancient Rome | |
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| Furniture and Other Interior Furnishings | |
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| The Legacy of Rome: Technology | |
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| Early Christian, Byzantine, and Romanesque | |
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| Early Christian Design | |
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| Byzantine Design | |
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| Insights: The Ravenna Mosaics | |
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| Ravenna | |
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| Constantinople | |
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| Hagia Sophia | |
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| Secular Buildings | |
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| Early Medieval: The "Dark Ages" | |
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| The Romanesque Style | |
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| Churches | |
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| Germany | |
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| Italy | |
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| France | |
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| England | |
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| Scandinavia | |
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| Fortresses and Castles | |
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| Monasteries and Abbeys | |
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| Insights: The Abbey At Cluny | |
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| Houses | |
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| Furniture and Other Interior Furnishings | |
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| Islamic Influence in Spain | |
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| The Mosque in Spain | |
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| Moorish Elements in Spanish Romanesque | |
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| Islamic and Asian Traditions | |
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| Islamic Influence | |
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| Mosques and Palaces | |
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| Islamic Influence in Spain | |
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| The Mosque in Spain | |
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| Islamic Furnishings | |
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| India and Pakistan | |
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| Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain Architecture | |
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| Hindu Religious and Secular Buildings | |
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| Jain Architecture | |
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| Northern and Southern Styles of Temple | |
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| Islamic Influence in India | |
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| Insights: Bernier's Account of The Taj Mahal | |
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| Indian Furnishings | |
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| Western Influence | |
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| Cambodia | |
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| Java | |
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| Thailand | |
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| China | |
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| Chinese Architecture | |
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| Chinese Furnishings | |
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| Korea | |
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| Japan | |
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| Japanese Furnishings | |
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| The Later Middle Ages | |
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| Elements of Gothic Style | |
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| New Construction Techniques | |
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| Gothic Cathedrals and Churches | |
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| France | |
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| England | |
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| Elsewhere in Europe | |
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| Secular Gothic Buildings | |
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| Insights: Construction Work in A Medieval Building | |
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| Castles and Palaces | |
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| Medieval Houses | |
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| Innovations in Domestic Comfort | |
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| The Renaissance in Italy | |
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| The Rise of Humanism | |
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| Renaissance Interest in History | |
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| Elements of Renaissance Style | |
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| The Early Renaissance | |
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| Brunelleschi | |
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| Michelozzo | |
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| Alberti | |
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| The High Renaissance | |
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| Bramante | |
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| Palaces | |
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| Insights: Vasari's Account of The Farnese Palace | |
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| The Late Renaissance and Mannerism | |
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| Michelangelo | |
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| Romano | |
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| Palladio | |
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| Vignola | |
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| Interior Furnishings | |
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| Furniture | |
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| Coverings | |
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| Baroque and Rococo in Italy and Northern Europe | |
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| Elements of Baroque Style | |
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| The Baroque in Italy | |
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| Rome | |
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| Bernini | |
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| Borromini | |
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| Venice | |
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| Longhena | |
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| Turin | |
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| Guarini | |
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| Juvarra | |
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| Baroque in Northern Europe | |
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| Austria | |
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| Switzerland | |
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| Germany | |
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| Furniture and Other Interior Features | |
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| Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo in France and Spain | |
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| France | |
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| Early Renaissance | |
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| High Renaissance | |
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| Baroque | |
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| Versailles | |
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| Insights: Louis XIV and Versailles | |
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| Louvre | |
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| Baroque Churches | |
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| Furniture and Furnishings | |
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| Regency to Rococo | |
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| Paris H"tells | |
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| The Petit Trianon | |
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| Regency and Rococo Furniture | |