Architecture: The Whole Story - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500291489 ISBN 13: 9780500291481

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

From ancient and classical masterpieces to contemporary, cutting-edge buildings, architecture has defined our world throughout history. Drawing its examples from all around the globe, Architecture: The Whole Story is a richly illustrated and comprehensive account of the architects, plans, designs and constructions that over the centuries have most engaged our minds, inspired our imaginations and raised our spirits. For everyone who has ever wished for greater insight into the art of building design, Architecture: The Whole Story provides the analytical tools to appreciate to the fullest the variety of architectural achievement and the built environment in the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1. Prehistoric architecture
• Neolithic

Chapter 2. Architecture in the ancient world Period
• Egypt and Neo-Sumerian • Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia • Teotihuacans • Olmec, Toltec, Mayan • Inca • China • Japan • Minoan and Mycenean • Greek Archaic, Classical Greece and Hellenistic Greek • Etruscan and Ancient Rome • Early Christian and Byzantine • Islamic

Chapter 3. Medieval architecture
• Pre-Romanesque • Romanesque • Gothic


Chapter 4. Renaissance, Mannerism, and Baroque
• Renaissance and Mannerism • Baroque • Churrigueresque • Colonial

Chapter 5. The Enlightenment
• Georgian • Neoclassical, Greek revival • Gothic revival • Regency

Chapter 6. Modern Architecture
• Beaux-Arts • Art Nouveau • Art Deco • Modernism • Organic, Expressionist Modern, and Biomimeticism • Constructivism • International Style • Brutalism, Metabolism • Futurist, Utopian • Postmodernism • High-Tech Modernism • Deconstructivism • New Vernacularism and Ecoism

About this title

About the Author

Denna Jones, formerly deputy editor of Art & Architecture Journal, teaches on the MA Architecture course at Leeds Metropolitan.

From the Back Cover

From ancient and classical masterpieces to contemporary, cutting-edge buildings, architecture has defined our world throughout history. Drawing its examples from all around the globe, Architecture: The Whole Story is a richly illustrated and comprehensive account of the architects, plans, designs and constructions that over the centuries have most engaged our minds, inspired our imaginations and raised our spirits. For everyone who has ever wished for greater insight into the art of building design, Architecture: The Whole Story provides the analytical tools to appreciate to the fullest the variety of architectural achievement and the built environment in the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0500291489
• ISBN 13: 9780500291481
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576
• Editor: Denna Jones