The Story of Architecture

by Nuttgens, Patrick

• ISBN13: 9780714836164
• ISBN10: 0714836168
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-14
• Publisher: Phaidon Press

Summary

This work is a general introduction to architecture told through a narrativeequence of 21 chapters, each charting a stage in the devlopment ofrchitecture. These chapters divide the text into natural study unitsovering the entire world and the whole of human architectural history.;ithout using technical language, Patrick Nuttgens draws on his ownrchitectural experience to enable the reader to enter the mind of therchitects - trying always to answer the simple question such as: "Why is itike that ?"

Author Biography

Patrick Nuttgens (1930-2004), Professor of Architecture at the University of York and then Director of Leeds Polytechnic, was also a writer and broadcaster on architectural and educational subjects.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 8
Some Basic Facts about Architecture: Vernacular Architecture	p. 10
Barbaric Splendour: The First Civilizations	p. 16
The Geometry of Immortality: Ancient Egypt	p. 28
Holy Mountain and Sacred Womb: The Asian Sub-Continent	p. 42
Puzzles and Modules: China and Japan	p. 56
Ritual of Blood: Meso-America	p. 76
The Landscape of the Gods: Ancient Greece	p. 86
The Authority of Competence: Ancient Rome	p. 102
The Worshipping Community: Early Christian and Byzantine	p. 116
The Order and the Sanctuary: Romanesque	p. 130
The Flowering of the Desert: Islam	p. 144
The Metaphysics of Light: Medieval and Gothic	p. 158
The Scale of Human Perfection: The Renaissance in Italy	p. 176
Crossing the Alps: The Spread of the Renaissance	p. 190
The Drama of Shapes and Space: Baroque and Rococo	p. 202
The Prophets of Elegance: Romantic Classicism	p. 218
From Pioneers to Establishment: The Americas and Beyond	p. 230
The Triumph of the Iron Masters: The Search for a Style	p. 240
A New Vision: The Turn of the Century	p. 252
Designing for a New Society: The International Style	p. 266
The Architecture of Pluralism: The End of Certainty	p. 284
Epilogue	p. 298
Maps	p. 304
Chronological Charts	p. 308
Glossary	p. 317
Bibliography	p. 321
Biographies of Architects	p. 325
Index	p. 335
Acknowledgements	p. 351
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