Crash Course in Archtecture

This book is your own multi-national survey of Western architecture, from its beginnings in Classical Greece right through Art Deco cinemas to today's return to decorative influences in post-modernist projects. The text is written in clear language for instant understanding and ease of appreciation, whether you are standing in a major city square with people rushing by on all sides or quietly seated in the tranquility of a country churchyard. Chronologically arranged to lead you naturally through twenty centuries of European architectural experience and technques, the guide looks at each period with an eye for both basic style and decorative details, as well as including stories about the people who designed and built some of our finest monuments to the past and present. Featured at the beginning, an instant survey of columns, windows and doors makes it easy to identify almost any building you see, while a chonological time-line puts them in perspectve, linking architecture to other events in our history. Illustrated. Illustrated laminated boards.Underlining in pen to first few pages. Some creases and slight wear to D/J.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).…