A World History of ArchitectureLaurence King, 2008 - 592 من الصفحات Updated with expanded coverage of non-western architecture, this new edition uniquely comprises a detailed survey of Western architecture as well as architecture from the Middle East, Africa, Central and South America, India, Russia, China and Japan. Written in clear and engaging style, the text encourages readers to examine the pragmatic, innovative and aesthetic attributes of buildings. Artistic, economic, environmental, political, social and technological contexts are discussed. The global reach of the text is matched by a rich assortment of photographs from around the world and a greater array of detailed line drawings than in any architectural survey. The authors have created a formidable body of work that ranges over much of the world's architectural heritage and testifies to some of the world's greatest achievements of the human spirit. |
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... stone façade as reconstructed by archaeologists . Note the rectangular opening that serves as a " transom light " over the portal , providing the path for sunlight on the winter solstice . Spiral designs on the stone that blocks direct ...
... stone façade as reconstructed by archaeologists . Note the rectangular opening that serves as a " transom light " over the portal , providing the path for sunlight on the winter solstice . Spiral designs on the stone that blocks direct ...
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... stones to align with the heel stone set outside the circle . On the summer solstice , the sun rises precisely over the heel stone , when viewed from the center of the concentric circles . 50 m 150 ft required sustained effort over many ...
... stones to align with the heel stone set outside the circle . On the summer solstice , the sun rises precisely over the heel stone , when viewed from the center of the concentric circles . 50 m 150 ft required sustained effort over many ...
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... stone , masonry to create its principal interior space ( Fig . 5.5 ) . This masonry is unusual , however , for the technique was costly and required highly skilled stonecarvers . The effi- cient Romans developed a more expedient ...
... stone , masonry to create its principal interior space ( Fig . 5.5 ) . This masonry is unusual , however , for the technique was costly and required highly skilled stonecarvers . The effi- cient Romans developed a more expedient ...
المحتوى
A Word about Drawings and Images | 5 |
Ancient Mesopotamia | 14 |
CHAPTER | 16 |
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Acropolis aisles ancient apse arcade arches architects architecture Athena axial axis barrel vaults basilica brick builders building built buttresses carved Cathedral central century BCE chamber chapels choir church classical clerestory colonnade columns complex construction corbeled Corinthian order court courtyard created culture developed dome Doric early east Egypt Egyptian elements entrance Etruscan exterior façade feet flanked floor galleries garbhagriha garden gate Gothic Greek groin vaults Hagia Sophia hall Hatshepsut interior Islamic Katsura Imperial Villa Knossos located masonry medieval megaron Mesopotamia monastery monumental mosque Mycenae nave original ornament palace Parthenon pavilions piers Pompeii Propylaea pyramid rectangular Renaissance ribs Roman Romanesque Rome roof rooms sculpture shrine side space square stairs Stoa stone structure stupa style temple theater tion tomb tower traditional transept vaults vertical Villa walls wooden