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Architecture: A Very Short Introduction

Architecture: A Very Short Introduction

Ballantyne, Andrew

Paperback

Series: Very Short Introductions, Book 72

General ArchitectureArchitecture History

Publisher Price: $12.99

ISBN10: 0192801791
ISBN13: 9780192801791
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Dec 19 2002
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.38 Width: 4.44 Depth: 7.16
Language: English
This highly original and sophisticated look at architecture helps us to understand the cultural significance of the buildings that surround us. It avoids the traditional style-spotting approach and instead gives us an idea of what it is about buildings that moves us, and what it is that makes them important artistically and culturally. The book begins by looking at how architecture acquires meaning through tradition, and concludes with the exoticism of the recent avant-garde period. Illustrations of particular buildings help to anchor the general points with specific examples, from ancient Egypt to the present day.

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