ARCHITECTURAL STYLES - An Historical Guide to World Design
Language: English
Published by Facts on File, New York, NY, 1982
- First Edition
- Softcover
- New
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BRAND NEW & Collectible. First published in German under the title Das Grosse Buch Der Baustile. Herbert Pothorn (1911 -) considers the history of Western building styles and design motifs from early antiquity to the present. Illustrated w/line drawings, plans and details. A study of artistic expressions manifested in man's shelter construction throughout time in 14 chapters: 1, Introduction; 2, Antiquity; 3, Greece; 4, Rome; 5, Romanesque; 6, Gothic; 7, The Renaissance; 8, Baroque & Rococo; 9, Neoclassicism; 10, Art Nouveau; 11, Neue Sachlichkeit; 12, The Present Day; 13, Non-European Civilizations; and, 14, The Main Features That Distinguish Styles, followed by Glossary.
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- Title
- ARCHITECTURAL STYLES - An Historical Guide to World Design
- Author
- Pothorn, Herbert; (Translated from the German By James Ramsay)
- Publisher
- Facts on File, New York, NY
- Publication year
- 1982
- Condition
- COLLECTIBLE - NEW
- Dust jacket
- None as Issued
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0871967847
- ISBN 13
- 9780871967848
- Edition
- First Edition, First Pinting
- Seller catalogs
- Design, Industrial, Interior, Fashion, Graphic Arts, History, Social Sciences, Cultural Studies
The history of architectural styles is the history of man's need for security and shelter, comfort, decoration and individuality as manifested in his buildings over the ages. This book looks at the historical emergence of architectural styles in the western tradition as well as in non-European cultures, from prehistory to the present day, illustrating each style with photographs, plans and drawings.
The book also contains pictorial display of the main features which distinguish styles in key architectural elements such as columns, capitals, doors and windows and facades, and ends with a glossary of architectural terms.
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