Story of Architecture

by Glancey, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9780789493347
• ISBN10: 0789493349
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-03
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

In this refreshingly accessible history of world architecture, popular commentator Jonathan Glancey conducts an inspiring odyssey through 5,000 years of magnificent building, from ancient Sumeria to the spectacular glass-and-steel towers of today's cityscapes. An unprecedented collection of photographs, artworks, and plans blends with sparkling prose to create a memorable story told with passion and insight. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
Preface	p. 7
Introduction	p. 8
In the Beginning	p. 12
The Growth of Cities	p. 14
Ancient Egypt	p. 18
Early Africa	p. 22
The Classical World	p. 24
Ancient Greece	p. 26
Ancient Rome	p. 30
From Darkness to Light	p. 36
Byzantine Architecture	p. 38
Monasteries	p. 42
Romanesque	p. 44
Islam	p. 46
North Africa	p. 50
Gothic	p. 52
The Gothic World	p. 54
Castles	p. 62
Late Gothic	p. 64
The Renaissance	p. 66
Renaissance Italy	p. 68
High Renaissance	p. 72
Andrea Palladio	p. 76
Italian Baroque	p. 78
Baroque Beyond Italy	p. 82
Absolutism	p. 86
Rococo	p. 88
Low Countries	p. 90
The Americas	p. 92
Ancient Mesoamerica	p. 94
Colonial Americas	p. 98
China and Japan	p. 100
Classical China	p. 102
Japan	p. 106
Asia	p. 110
India	p. 112
Southeast Asia	p. 116
Neo-classical	p. 118
Neo-classical	p. 120
The Classical Landscape	p. 122
American Classical	p. 124
The French Revolution	p. 126
Greek Revival	p. 128
Karl Friedrich Schinkel	p. 130
Imperial Russia	p. 132
The Industrial Society	p. 134
Industrial Revolution	p. 136
Railways	p. 142
Industrial Cities	p. 144
Augustus Pugin	p. 146
Gothic Revival	p. 148
Monumental Decadence	p. 150
Free Style	p. 152
Morality & Architecture	p. 154
The Machine Age	p. 156
Machines for Working In	p. 158
Reach for the Sky	p. 160
Frank Lloyd Wright	p. 162
Arts & Crafts	p. 164
Art Nouveau & Secession	p. 166
Antoni Gaudi	p. 168
Brave New World	p. 170
Revolutionary Russia	p. 172
The Bauhaus	p. 174
Mass European Housing	p. 176
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe	p. 178
Fascist Architecture	p. 180
Le Corbusier	p. 182
Mid-Century Modern	p. 184
Modernism & Freedom	p. 186
New Cities	p. 188
Oscar Niemeyer	p. 190
Brutalism	p. 192
Every Which Way
Corporatism	p. 196
Postmodernism	p. 198
Extremes	p. 202
High-tech	p. 204
Architects' Engineering	p. 208
Japanese Metabolists	p. 210
The Classical Revival	p. 212
Futures	p. 214
Organic Architecture	p. 216
Reuse of Buildings	p. 218
Deconstructivism	p. 220
The Computer	p. 224
Enjoyable Cities	p. 226
Glossary	p. 230
Index	p. 234
Acknowledgments	p. 240
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