Architecture: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions #72)
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$12.99
Publication Date: December 19th, 2002
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
9780192801791
Pages:
152
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Description
This highly original and sophisticated look at architecture helps us to understand the cultural significance of the buildings that surround us. It avoids the traditional style-spotting approach and instead gives us an idea of what it is about buildings that moves us, and what it is that makes them important artistically and culturally. The book begins by looking at how architecture acquires meaning through tradition, and concludes with the exoticism of the recent avant-garde period. Illustrations of particular buildings help to anchor the general points with specific examples, from ancient Egypt to the present day.
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