Architecture: The Critics' Choice : 150 Masterpieces of Western Architecture Selected and Defined by the ExpertsDan Cruickshank Divided into ten chapters, each dedicated to an architectural period and style, this lively, compact history provides a guided tour of the world's greatest buildings. |
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... Britain - nearly two centuries after its glories had been revealed in the works of Brunelleschi and Alberti . Abandoning the healthy , eclectic English tradition of mixing Gothic and classical forms , Jones turned to the inspiration of ...
... Britain - nearly two centuries after its glories had been revealed in the works of Brunelleschi and Alberti . Abandoning the healthy , eclectic English tradition of mixing Gothic and classical forms , Jones turned to the inspiration of ...
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... Britain and Colonial America owe their Renaissance grammar and vocabulary to a more immediate inspiration . No grand city square or terrace , one of the most influential buildings of the English Renaissance is an Oxford University ...
... Britain and Colonial America owe their Renaissance grammar and vocabulary to a more immediate inspiration . No grand city square or terrace , one of the most influential buildings of the English Renaissance is an Oxford University ...
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... BRITAIN 1786-1822 Although attention tended to focus on the buildings of the capital , London was by no means the only location for significant architecture during the Georgian period . In major cities throughout Britain there was an ...
... BRITAIN 1786-1822 Although attention tended to focus on the buildings of the capital , London was by no means the only location for significant architecture during the Georgian period . In major cities throughout Britain there was an ...
Contents
THE CLASSICAL WORLD | 14 |
EARLY CHRISTIAN ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC | 46 |
RENAISSANCE AND PALLADIANISM | 78 |
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