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Architecture:

The Critics' Choice ; 150 Masterpieces of Western Architecture
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Dan Cruickshank
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Aurum, Oct 1, 2000 - Architecture - 352 pages
Divided into ten chapters, each dedicated to an architectural period andtyle, this lively, compact history provides a guided tour of the world'sreatest buildings.

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Contents

THE CLASSICAL WORLO
14
EARLY CHRISTIAN ROMANESQUE ANO GOTHIC
46
RENAISSANCE ANO PALLAOIANISM
78
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TitleArchitecture: The Critics' Choice ; 150 Masterpieces of Western Architecture
EditorDan Cruickshank
Editionillustrated
PublisherAurum, 2000
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized12 Nov 2007
ISBN1854107208, 9781854107206
Length352 pages
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