Historical Dictionary of Architecture

Historical Dictionary of Architecture
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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Total Pages : 401
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ISBN-10 : 9780810862838
ISBN-13 : 0810862832
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Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Architecture by : Allison Lee Palmer

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Architecture written by Allison Lee Palmer and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of Architecture provides information on architects like Frank Lloyd Wright, Tadao Ando, Leon Battista Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, and Konstantin Stepanovich Melnikov, as well as on famous structures like the Acropolis, the Colosseum, the Forbidden City, Machu Pichu, Notre Dame, the Pyramids of Giza, Stonehenge, and the World Trade Center. The dictionary examines the development of architecture over the centuries through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the major architects, well-known buildings, time periods, styles, building types, and materials in world architecture.


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