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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... Palladian villa . Designed with Italian antecedents in mind and adhering closely to Renaissance proportions , its taste , simplicity and comparative economy provided a template for generations of architects and builders . Devised as a ...
... Palladian villa . Designed with Italian antecedents in mind and adhering closely to Renaissance proportions , its taste , simplicity and comparative economy provided a template for generations of architects and builders . Devised as a ...
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... Palladian in its orientation , preferring to cite Palladio's Veneto villas rather than the bland commercial temples of Palladian London . Harrison's design celebrates the very details of Palladio's projects : the timber walls , for ...
... Palladian in its orientation , preferring to cite Palladio's Veneto villas rather than the bland commercial temples of Palladian London . Harrison's design celebrates the very details of Palladio's projects : the timber walls , for ...
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... Palladian windows , an lonic portico , laid upon the rudiments of Tudor - castle planning , with rooftop traces of the curiosities of 17th - century Anglo- Indian funerary monuments all appear in this idiosyncratic work by Sir John ...
... Palladian windows , an lonic portico , laid upon the rudiments of Tudor - castle planning , with rooftop traces of the curiosities of 17th - century Anglo- Indian funerary monuments all appear in this idiosyncratic work by Sir John ...
Contents
THE CLASSICAL WORLD | 14 |
EARLY CHRISTIAN ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC | 46 |
RENAISSANCE AND PALLADIANISM | 78 |
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