This book is an introduction to the artistic urge that impels humans to build, as well as to the structural properties that enable buildings to stand up, exploring the pragmatic concerns of space, function, structure, and design of architecture.
This book is an introduction to the artistic urge that impels humans to build, as well as to the structural properties that enable buildings to stand up, exploring the pragmatic concerns of space, function, structure, and design of architecture.
List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Part I The Elements of Architecture 1 Architecture: The Art of Shaping of Space 2 "Commoditie": Building Functions 3 "Firmeness": Structure, or How Does the Building Stand Up? 4 "Delight": Seeing Architecture 5 Architecture and Sound 6 Architecture: Part of the Natural Environment 7 The Architect: From High Priest to Profession 8 Architecture, Memory, and Economics Part II The History and Meaning of Architecture 9 The Beginnings of Architecture: From Caves to Cities 10 The Architecture of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt 11 Greek Architecture 12 Roman Architecture 13 Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture 14 Medieval Architecture 15 Renaissance Architecture 16 Baroque and Rococo Architecture 17 The Origins of Modernism: Architecture in the Age of Enlightenment, 1720 1790 18 The Roots of Modernism: The Nineteenth Century 19 Versions of Modern Architecture, 1914 1970 20 The Expansion of Modernism: From the Twentieth Century into the Twenty First 21 Into the Twenty First Century Suggested Readings Notes Glossary Index.
List of Illustrations Preface Introduction Part I The Elements of Architecture 1 Architecture: The Art of Shaping of Space 2 "Commoditie": Building Functions 3 "Firmeness": Structure, or How Does the Building Stand Up? 4 "Delight": Seeing Architecture 5 Architecture and Sound 6 Architecture: Part of the Natural Environment 7 The Architect: From High Priest to Profession 8 Architecture, Memory, and Economics Part II The History and Meaning of Architecture 9 The Beginnings of Architecture: From Caves to Cities 10 The Architecture of Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt 11 Greek Architecture 12 Roman Architecture 13 Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture 14 Medieval Architecture 15 Renaissance Architecture 16 Baroque and Rococo Architecture 17 The Origins of Modernism: Architecture in the Age of Enlightenment, 1720 1790 18 The Roots of Modernism: The Nineteenth Century 19 Versions of Modern Architecture, 1914 1970 20 The Expansion of Modernism: From the Twentieth Century into the Twenty First 21 Into the Twenty First Century Suggested Readings Notes Glossary Index.
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