Great architecture of the world / edited by John Julius Norwich

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Random House, c1975Edition: 1st editionDescription: 288 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 394498879
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA 200 .G74 1975
Contents:
Foreword-- Introduction-- The Exotic Worlds:China and Japan-- India-- Pre-Hispanic-- The Ancient World: Mesopotamia and the Near East-- Egypt-- The Aegean-- Greece-- Rome-- The Middle ages: Early Christian, Byzantine and Carolingian-- Romanesque-- Castles-- Gothic-- Islam-- The Renaissance: Italian Renaissance-- Spread of the Renaissance-- Baroque--Colonial Styles-- The Modern Age: The Nineteeth Century-- New Beginnings-- Developments since 1918.
Summary: The present book is Fischer Redivivus with the gaps filled in, with serious texts instead of mere captions and with 800 illustrations accurately presenting the buildings and accompanying photographic reproduction by drawings.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Architecture GC NA 200 .G74 1975 c.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000017126
Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture General Circulation Architecture GC NA 200 .G74 1975 c.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.2 Available NULIB000017183

Includes index.

Foreword-- Introduction-- The Exotic Worlds:China and Japan-- India-- Pre-Hispanic-- The Ancient World: Mesopotamia and the Near East-- Egypt-- The Aegean-- Greece-- Rome-- The Middle ages: Early Christian, Byzantine and Carolingian-- Romanesque-- Castles-- Gothic-- Islam-- The Renaissance: Italian Renaissance-- Spread of the Renaissance-- Baroque--Colonial Styles-- The Modern Age: The Nineteeth Century-- New Beginnings-- Developments since 1918.

The present book is Fischer Redivivus with the gaps filled in, with serious texts instead of mere captions and with 800 illustrations accurately presenting the buildings and accompanying photographic reproduction by drawings.

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