The World's Greatest Architecture: Past and PresentBarnes & Noble Books, by arrangement with Regency House Publishing Limited, 2002 - Architecture - 447 pages |
Contents
The Classical World Islam | 28 |
Renaissance to Baroque Glossary | 124 |
Baroque to Revivalism Index | 180 |
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