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Architecture: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

By Andrew Ballantyne

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Year
2002
ISBN
0192801791, 9780192801791
Open Library ID
OL3701230M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1646222 bytes)
Pages
65\65
Orientation
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

This highly original and sophisticated look at architecture helps us to understand the cultural significance of the buildings that surround us. It avoids the traditional style-spotting approach and instead gives us an idea of what it is about buildings that moves us, and what it is that makes them important artistically and culturally. The book begins by looking at how architecture acquires meaning through tradition, and concludes with the exoticism of the recent avant-garde period. Illustrations of particular buildings help to anchor the general points with specific examples, from ancient Egypt to the present day.

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