World Architecture: The Masterworks“One of the many appealing aspects of World Architecture is its gathering between two covers of disparate but remarkable buildings from across the centuries, many of them in exquisite full-page photographs.”—Wall Street Journal Will Pryce unveils a world of beauty and genius in this unparalleled, specially photographed survey of the world’s architectural master- pieces. More than 350 color photographs celebrate the finest buildings from over two thousand years of civilization: Hagia Sophia, the Gothic cathedrals of Europe, Islamic masterworks at Isfahan, the Taj Mahal, the Palace of Westminster, Gehry’s iconic Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, and much more. There are some eighty buildings featured, more than forty of which receive in-depth attention in detailed photo essays. Pryce’s accompanying texts and commentaries provide an extra dimension of understanding for the contexts in which they were created, and of the evolution of architecture through history. |
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... four apses into a quatrefoil plan . Some small concessions were made to the perfect symmetry in favour of legibility when seen from outside : three of the four apses are polygonal while the sanctuary apse is distinguished by being round ...
... four apses into a quatrefoil plan . Some small concessions were made to the perfect symmetry in favour of legibility when seen from outside : three of the four apses are polygonal while the sanctuary apse is distinguished by being round ...
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... four large piers that support four arches . The 17th - century traveller Evliya Efendi described these piers as ' elephants ' legs ' , and certainly they are rather wide . Each of the four arches opens into a trefoil - shaped apse . The ...
... four large piers that support four arches . The 17th - century traveller Evliya Efendi described these piers as ' elephants ' legs ' , and certainly they are rather wide . Each of the four arches opens into a trefoil - shaped apse . The ...
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... four façades - which is to say that between each of the four double - storey iwans there are three equal faces , drawing the eye around the monument . And the openings in these panels mirror the shape of the central iwans , which in ...
... four façades - which is to say that between each of the four double - storey iwans there are three equal faces , drawing the eye around the monument . And the openings in these panels mirror the shape of the central iwans , which in ...
Contents
PREFACE | 18 |
MASTERWORKS IN DETAIL | 48 |
Durham Cathedral DURHAM ENGLAND | 94 |
Copyright | |
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