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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... built to. Church of St George VORONET , ROMANIA 1488 church built , 1547 exterior decorated Most of these little churches still inhabit a sparsely populated , forested landscape , where winters can be extremely harsh . Yet after more ...
... built to. Church of St George VORONET , ROMANIA 1488 church built , 1547 exterior decorated Most of these little churches still inhabit a sparsely populated , forested landscape , where winters can be extremely harsh . Yet after more ...
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... built for effect , the seat of an absolute monarch , designed on a scale to rival Versailles or the Escorial . But ... built on a gradual slope , had a series of sculptured fountains symbolizing the elements and hunting pursuits ( in ...
... built for effect , the seat of an absolute monarch , designed on a scale to rival Versailles or the Escorial . But ... built on a gradual slope , had a series of sculptured fountains symbolizing the elements and hunting pursuits ( in ...
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... built in 1911 , Taliesin was damaged by fire in 1914 and rebuilt by late 1915 , in Wright's words , as ' a more reposeful and a finer one ' . Like the architect's earlier home in Oak Park , Illinois ( 1889 onwards ) , Taliesin was a ...
... built in 1911 , Taliesin was damaged by fire in 1914 and rebuilt by late 1915 , in Wright's words , as ' a more reposeful and a finer one ' . Like the architect's earlier home in Oak Park , Illinois ( 1889 onwards ) , Taliesin was a ...
Contents
THE CLASSICAL WORLD | 14 |
EARLY CHRISTIAN ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC | 46 |
RENAISSANCE AND PALLADIANISM | 78 |
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