Skrevet af WATKIN
In this highly acclaimed 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,
say, the work of Ictinus in fifth-century BC Athens and that of McKim,
Mead and White in twentieth-century New York. Authoritative,
comprehensive and highly illustrated, 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.
