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Architecture: A Very Short Introduction

by: Andrew Ballantyne

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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780192801791
ISBN: 0192801791
Item Dimensions: 3871631444
Label: Oxford University Press
Languages: EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 152
Publication Date: December 19, 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Studio: Oxford University Press

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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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