A history of Western architecture
Watkin, David, 1941-2011
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In this reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the eclectic styles of the twenty-first century. The author emphasizes the ongoing vitality of the Classical language of architecture, underlining the continuity between, for example, the work of Ictinus in fifth-century BC Athens and that of McKim, Mead and White in twentieth-century New York. This fifth edition has been expanded to bring the story of western architecture right up to date and includes a separate final chapter on twenty-first century developments, including computers and architecture, and sustainability and the environment.
Main title:
A history of Western architecture / David Watkin.
Author:
Edition:
5th ed.
Imprint:
London : Laurence King, 2011.
Collation:
720 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: c2005.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781856697903
Dewey class:
720.9
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
172780
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