Bibliograph

Understanding architecture, its elements, history, and meaning, Leland M. Roth

Type

Label

Understanding architecture, its elements, history, and meaning, Leland M. Roth

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Understanding architecture

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

25632150

Responsibility statement

Leland M. Roth

Sub title

its elements, history, and meaning

Table Of Contents

"Commodities" : how does the building function? -- "Firmeness" : how does the building stand up? -- "Delight" : space in architecture --"Delight" : seeing architecture -- "Delight" : architectural acoustics, shape, and sound -- The architect : from high priest to professional --Architecture as part of the environment -- Architecture, memory, and economics -- The invention of architecture : from caves to cities --Egyptian architecture -- Greek architecture -- Roman architecture -- Early Christian and Byzantine architecture -- Early medieval architecture --Gothic architecture -- Renaissance and Mannerist architecture -- Baroque and Rococo architecture -- Architecture in the Age of Enlightenment, 1720-1800 -- Architecture in the nineteenth century -- Early-twentieth-century architecture : the perfection of utility --Late-twentieth-century architecture : a question of meaning

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